Taiwan's military has decided to allocate funds to buy more High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) M142 launchers from the United States after cancelling its original plan to purchase M109A6 "Paladin" self-propelled howitzers, according to its proposed defense budget for 2023.
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