More on New Arms Package

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(1) Wendell Minnick, Taiwan Sends Mixed Message on Fighters. Defense News, May
14, 2010.
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=4626494&c=ASI&s=AIR

Note:
(a) F-35 Lightning II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-35_Lightning_II

F-35 has three variants:

"F-35A, conventional take off and landing (CTOL) variant.
F-35B, short-take off and vertical-landing (STOVL) variant.
F-35C, carrier-based CATOBAR (CV) variant.

(b) AV-8B Harrier II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AV-8B_Harrier_II
(in use since 1985)

* Harrier (bird)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrier_(bird)

(2) Zep Hu and Bear Lee, 136 U.S. congressmen call for sale of F-16 C/Ds to
Taiwan. Central News Agency, May 15, 2010.
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aIPL&ID=201005150012

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