{"id":35925,"date":"2022-12-29T14:31:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T14:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/12\/29\/us-to-sell-taiwan-anti-tank-mine-laying-volcano-system\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:48:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:48:05","slug":"us-to-sell-taiwan-anti-tank-mine-laying-volcano-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/2022\/12\/29\/us-to-sell-taiwan-anti-tank-mine-laying-volcano-system\/","title":{"rendered":"US to sell Taiwan anti-tank mine-laying Volcano system"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. State Department has approved the sale of an anti-tank mine-laying system to Taiwan amid the rising military threat from China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The department on Wednesday said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2016\/12\/21\/us-army-dusting-off-volcano-mine-dispensers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Volcano system<\/a> and all related equipment would cost an estimated $180 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s capable of scattering anti-tank and anti-personnel mines from either a ground vehicle or helicopter. The announcement indicated Taiwan would be buying the vehicle-borne version, the kind of general-use weapon many experts believe Taiwan needs more of to dissuade or repel a potential Chinese invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China\u2019s military sent 71 aircraft and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the self-ruled island <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/11\/29\/chinas-buildup-more-aggressive-to-taiwan-but-no-imminent-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\">it claims is its own territory<\/a>, Taiwan\u2019s Defense Ministry said Monday. China\u2019s military harassment of Taiwan has intensified in recent years, along with rhetoric from top leaders that the island has no choice but to accept eventual Chinese rule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That has seen the ruling Communist Party\u2019s increasingly powerful military wing, the People\u2019s Liberation Army, send aircraft or ships toward the island on a near-daily basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Between 6 a.m. on Sunday and 6 a.m. on Monday, 47 of the Chinese planes crossed the median line of the 160-kilometer (99-mile) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2022\/03\/08\/nine-lessons-from-ukraine-to-apply-in-the-taiwan-strait\/\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwan Strait<\/a>, an unofficial boundary once tacitly accepted by both sides, according to the Defense Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That came after China expressed anger at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2022\/12\/08\/house-passes-defense-bill-with-more-taiwan-ukraine-security-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\">Taiwan-related provisions<\/a> in a U.S. annual defense spending bill in what has come to be a standard Chinese practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China also conducted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/2022\/08\/08\/china-extends-threatening-military-exercises-around-taiwan\/\" target=\"_blank\">large-scale, live-fire military exercises<\/a> in August in response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s visit to Taiwan. Beijing views visits from foreign governments to the island as de facto recognition of Taiwan as independent and a challenge to China\u2019s claim of sovereignty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PLA would continue to launch such missions until Taiwan\u2019s pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party ceases \u201cconstantly provoking confrontation and enmity between the two sides,\u201d Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson Col. 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