US to sell Taiwan anti-tank system amid rising threat from China

It is capable of scattering anti-tank and anti-personnel mines from either a ground vehicle or helicopter.

A Chinese PLA J-16 fighter jet flies in an undisclosed location (Taiwan Ministry of Defence/AP)

The US has approved the sale of an anti-tank mine-laying system to Taiwan amid the rising military threat from China.

The state department on Wednesday said the Volcano system and all related equipment would cost an estimated 180 million dollars (£150 million).