Taiwan thanks US for approving $750 mn howitzer sale

Moveable howitzers such as the M109A6, seen here during a 2012 US Army drill in South Korea, would be key to halting an invasion of Taiwan

Taiwan thanked the United States on Thursday for agreeing to sell 40 howitzer artillery systems in a $750 million deal that will help the island better defend itself from a Chinese invasion.

The State Department approved the sale of 40 155mm M109A6 medium self-propelled howitzer artillery systems on Wednesday in a deal that will need to be approved by Congress.