Tag: F-16 fighter jet

TAIPEI: Taiwan will spend an extra T$94.3 billion ($2.97 billion) to buy weapons next year including fighter jets to bolster its defences against China, the government said on Thursday, and will get a further boost from new F-16 fighter jet tracking systems.China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has ramped up military and political pressure over the past three years to assert those claims, which Taipei strongly rejects.Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen already announced on Monday that overall proposed defence spending for 2024 would be set...