MND talks up new anti-sub planes - P3 TW

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The procurement of 12 P-3C anti-submarine aircraft from the United States will meet the military's minimum combat demand and expand its undersea surveillance scope more than 10-fold, according to a report presented yesterday to the legislature by the Ministry of National Defense.

While seven of the planes are expected to be delivered to Taiwan in 2009, the other five will be delivered in 2011, the report says.

It says the ministry originally reserved NT$53.04 billion (US$1.7 billion) in a special budget proposal for the 12 aircraft, but the amount has recently been adjusted to NT$45.04 billion following changes in the exchange rate and cutbacks in spending and coverage of some of the amount by the government's regular budget.

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Stop playing around games. We don't need any of this American crap. The only thing the dirty red communist chinese bastards understand is force! We need offensive nuclear missiles to blow the dirty bastard chinese commies off the face of the Earth!