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Taiwan acquires submarine-launched Harpoon missiles from US

: Jan 10, 2014 - : 11:21 am

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The United States has begun delivery of submarine-launched Harpoon missiles this year, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has said in a report to the Legislative Yuan.

The anti-ship cruise missiles will become operational on Taiwan’s two Dutch-built combat-capable submarines, the Tuesday report said.

The $195.5 million deal, to be fulfilled between 2008 and 2016, is aimed at extending the country’s undersea force’s strike capability, the ministry said.

The deal reportedly includes 32 UGM-84L sub-launched Harpoon Block II missiles along with two UTM-84L exercise missiles and two weapon control systems, according to media coverage.

The sea-skimming missiles, which have a range of about 125 kilometers, would bring targets along the Chinese coast within range for Taiwan, the media has said.

The ministry sent its report to the legislature’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee a day before Deputy Defense Minister Andrew Hsia was scheduled to report on Taiwan-US military exchanges and progress in Taiwan’s arms procurement projects.

The ministry’s report outlined plans to upgrade all three of Taiwan’s Patriot-II anti-missile batteries and purchase three Patriot III batteries between 2007 and 2021 at a cost of more than $6 billion.

Two of the three batteries have been upgraded to date, the report said.

The upgrading of the Patriot anti-missile batteries is expected to improve Taiwan’s capability to fend off a ballistic missile attack by China, it added.

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