US Senate To Add $10 Billion In Military Aid To Taiwan

Defense News: Senate to add $10 billion in Taiwan aid, scale back arms sale reform 

WASHINGTON — The Senate’s annual defense authorization bill will now include $10 billion in military aid for Taiwan — more than double the initial amount proposed — even as it scales back language intended to help address the $14 billion backlog of arms sales the Asian nation already made from the U.S. 

Senate Armed Services Chairman Jack Reed, D-R.I., included a modified Taiwan defense package as part of a massive bipartisan amendment he filed last week to the fiscal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. 

The full Senate is expected to vote on the NDAA, including the Taiwan defense provisions, when lawmakers return to Washington after the November midterm elections. 

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Update: Senate Looks to Give Taiwan $10 Billion in Military Aid (Antiwar.com)  

WNU Editor: My gut tells me that this military aid package to Taiwan is just beginning.