Taiwan's Military To Test New Abrams Tanks in June

Taiwan’s military says it plans to conduct live-fire exercises with brand new M1A2 Abrams tanks in June.

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00:00Taiwan's military says it plans to conduct live-fire exercises with the country's brand-new M1A2 Abrams tanks in June.

00:08The military says it's also planning a ceremony to formally place the tanks into service sometime in the second half of this year.

00:15Taiwan's army received the first batch of 38 tanks in December last year, and a second batch of 42 tanks should arrive next month.

00:22In total, Taiwan purchased 108 of the advanced Abrams battle tanks from the U.S. in a deal worth roughly $1.2 billion.