Not only would the ships have to allocate their missiles between self-defense and defending Taiwan, but also the Chinese missiles would "challenge the limits" of the AEGIS' weapons.
"That leaves the brunt of Taiwan's missile defense to PAC-3" and other new US systems, the report says.
The pan-blue-controlled Legislative Yuan has refused to fund the purchase of PAC-3's, which US President George W. Bush offered to Taiwan in April 2001.
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