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'The price is too high, beyond the scope of our country's ability' Taiwan said on Thursday that it abandoned its plan to buy advanced new anti-submarine warfare helicopters from the United States, noting they were too expensive. The island country said earlier it was planning to buy 12 MH-60R anti-submarine helicopters made by Lockheed Martin Corp unit Sikorsky. Still, domestic media said the United States rejected the sale as not being in line with the island's needs. When asked in parliament about changes to Taiwan's purchase of new US weapons, Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng mentioned the helicopter case first. "The...
