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USA: "Taiwan will have to increase defence spending if it wants to be protected against an invasion from China"

Taipei, Taiwan - The United States' admonishment against Formosa, a condition to warrant the prospective US intervention to defend the island

The capability to warrant its own territorial sovereignty in case of an attack from China will depend on how much Taiwan invests in the defence sector. Some representatives from Pentagon appear convinced about it. Taipei’s choice of warranting financial support most of all for economic growth and welfare during the last years lowered the available funds for defence and Washington would disagree with t...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 127304
Rome, Italy, 09/21/2005 14:46
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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