{"id":3271,"date":"2018-04-09T22:06:01","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T22:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=3271"},"modified":"2018-04-09T22:06:01","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T22:06:01","slug":"us-state-department-approves-license-for-sub-tech-sales-to-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/04\/09\/us-state-department-approves-license-for-sub-tech-sales-to-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"US STATE DEPARTMENT APPROVES LICENSE FOR SUB TECH SALES TO TAIWAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/hai_lung_class_SSK.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3273\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/hai_lung_class_SSK.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/hai_lung_class_SSK.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/hai_lung_class_SSK-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/hai_lung_class_SSK-768x516.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/hai_lung_class_SSK-560x377.jpg 560w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/hai_lung_class_SSK-260x175.jpg 260w, https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2018\/04\/hai_lung_class_SSK-160x108.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sourced: Defense News<\/p>\n<p>By: Mike Yeo<\/p>\n<p>The State Department has given the go-ahead for American defense companies to market submarine technology to Taiwan to aid in its quest to locally develop and build its own submarines.<\/p>\n<p>According to media reports from Taiwan, the Ministry of National Defense spokesman Maj. Gen. Chen Chung-chi and presidential office spokesman Sidney Lin confirmed that the State Department has granted the marketing license required for the sale of technology to Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>The granting of the license is a significant step for Taiwan\u2019s domestic submarine program, and Lin added that the decision would upgrade Taiwan\u2019s self-defense capabilities, as well as benefit the safety and security of the region.<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2018\/04\/09\/us-state-department-oks-license-for-submarine-tech-sales-to-taiwan\/?utm_medium=Socialflow&amp;utm_source=Twitter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sourced: Defense News By: Mike Yeo The State Department has given the go-ahead for American defense companies to market submarine technology to Taiwan to aid in its quest to locally develop and build its own submarines. According to media reports from Taiwan, the Ministry of National Defense spokesman Maj. Gen. Chen Chung-chi and presidential office&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2018\/04\/09\/us-state-department-approves-license-for-sub-tech-sales-to-taiwan\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">US STATE DEPARTMENT APPROVES LICENSE FOR SUB TECH SALES TO TAIWAN<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-industry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3274,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3271\/revisions\/3274"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}