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The U.S.'s latest arms package will enhance Taiwan's asymmetric warfare capabilities, the island's defense ministry said.

Taiwan would soon send an official request to the US to purchase a vehicle-based mine dispensing system that enables the quick delivery of land mines to large areas, an military source said on Wednesday. The proposal to buy the M136 Volcano Vehicle-Launched Scatterable Mine System was approved by the Executive Yuan late last year, the unnamed source said. The military is preparing to send a letter of request to Washington to initiate the process to purchase the system, the source said, without elaborating on the amount the military would spend on the system and when the system would be deliver...

Taipei, Jan. 19 (CNA) Taiwan will soon send an official request to the United States to purchase a ground vehicle mine dispensing system that enables the quick delivery of land mines to large areas, an Army source told CNA Wednesday.

The U.S. Army Is Qualifying New Units To Fly The UH-60 With The Controversial M-139 Volcano Mine Delivery System The U.S. Army Is Qualifying New Units To Fly The UH-60 With The Controversial M-139 Volcano Mine Delivery System File photo of Soldiers from 2nd Bn., 2nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, using a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to employ M-139 Air Volcano Mines during a capabilities exercise at Bisung Range near the city of Yangpyeong, South Korea. The system is now being resurrected for use on the UH-60M (Image credit: U.S. Army) The M-139 Volcano Mine Delivery System, o...