American anti-submarine helicopter excessively costly for Taiwan, wouldn't buy

Taiwan has refused to buy anti-submarine helicopters from the US. Taiwan says American helicopters are too expensive. The Defense Minister has given this information in the Parliament of Taiwan. Taiwan had shown great interest in these helicopters.

Taipei (Writter). Taiwan has wouldn't buy against submarine helicopters from the US. Taiwan demonstrated on Thursday that it has deserted plans to purchase progressed new enemy of submarine helicopters from the United States, it are too costly to even think about saying they.

Taiwan recently said it was intending to buy 12 MH-60R enemy of submarine helicopters made by Lockheed Martin Corp unit Sikorsky. Notwithstanding, Taiwanese media is guaranteeing that the US has wouldn't sell these helicopters since it was not in accordance with Taiwan's requirements. 

US anti-submarine helicopter costs excessively high

Taiwan's Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng alluded to the helicopter situation when gotten some information about the new changes in Taiwan's acquisition of new US weapons. 'The cost is too high, past the restrictions of our nation's capacity,' he said. He said there were likewise delays in the acquisition of two different weapons - the M109A6 Medium Self-Propelled Howitzer cannons frameworks and the versatile Stinger hostile to airplane rockets.

Raytheon Technologies' Stingers are the most pursued in Ukraine. While they have been utilized against Russian airplane, US supplies have been stopped and the development of more enemy of airplane weapons is confronting huge limitations.

We have contingency plans - Defense Minister Chiu Kuo Cheng

Safeguard Minister Chiu said he had previously marked agreements for the Stingers and paid for themselves and that he would pressure the US for these weapons. "We don't see arms deals as a trivial issue and we have contingency plans set up," he said. Taiwan says the US has offered it an option in contrast to the M109A6, which incorporates a truck-based rocket launcher made by Lockheed Martin called the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS.

US officials are pressuring Taiwan to modernize its military to make it "stronger" and harder for China to attack. Here, China is modernizing its military and increasing pressure on Taiwan as part of its effort to force Taiwan to accept Beijing's rule.