The Taiwan National Defense Minister Qiu Guozheng confirmed that Taiwan plans to purchase NASAMS (National Advanced Air Defense Missile System) from the United States, but the purchase time has not been determined.

The Joint Reuters and Taiwan joint newspapers reported that Qiu Guozheng was interviewed by the media on Tuesday (July 18) in an interview with Taiwan.There is a construction case. "

Qiu Guozheng said that the work of the founding of the army must be according to the enemy's situation and current situation.From the situation of the Russian and Ukraine War, it can be seen that the performance of the NASAMS air defense missile system is very good.

But he also said that so far, Taiwan has not been formally notified, and work has to be carried out.

NASAMS air defense missile system developed and manufactured by Norwegian Kangsper Defense and Aerospace and the United States Thor Technology Company. It is a short and medium -range ground air defense system that can defend the attacks of drones, missiles and aircraft.

The United States provided this system to Ukraine last November, and Canada and Lithuania also purchased this system to provide Ukraine.US officials said the success rate of this system intercepting Russian missiles is 100%.