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U.S. PLANS TO SELL MILITARY RADARS TO TAIWAN

Jun 05, 2002 11:41 UTC+0800

Washington, June 4 (CNA) The U.S. Defense Department notified Congress Tuesday that it plans to sell three military air traffic control radars to Taiwan.

The radars, made by ITT Industries of Van Nuys, California, would offer better aircraft approach radar control around Taiwan's military airfields, the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency said in its notice to Congress.

Notice of the proposed sale is required by law, but the Pentagon agency said it does not mean that the deal has been concluded.

The agency further said that the proposed transaction would not affect the basic military balance in the Taiwan Strait area.

The proposed sale, worth an estimated US$108 million, includes AN/MPN-14 radar sets used to regulate air traffic around military airfields.

"The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not affect the basic military balance in the region," the Pentagon said in a statement, adding that the deal would also not cause any adverse impact on U.S. combat preparedness.

Last year, the White House gave the green light to a robust arms sale package to Taiwan that included four Kidd-class destroyers, 12 P-3 Orion anti-submarine warfare planes and eight diesel submarines.

(By Nelson Chung and Sofia Wu)