ABC News: US announces historic $345 million military aid package for Taiwan
U.S. will provide weapons to Taiwan from existing military stockpiles. Brisbane, Australia -- The United States has announced a historic $345 million military aid package for Taiwan which for the first time will come from existing U.S. military stockpiles instead of purchases through the foreign military sales program, the White House announced Friday.
The announcement is a lesson learned from the U.S. military assistance to Ukraine where U.S.-made weapons are quickly getting to the battleground, but it will also likely rile China -- which considers Taiwan to be a breakaway province.
The Pentagon has signaled for much of the year that it intended to prepare such a passage after Congress authorized $1 billion for military aid to be provided to Taiwan under what is known as a Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA).
The $345 million aid package was announced by the White House in a brief statement issued late Friday afternoon.
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WNU Editor: What is the big surprise in this announcement is that the US will be providing weapons to Taiwan from existing military stockpiles.
Update: China has responded .... China says US military aid to Taiwan will not deter its will to unify the island (AP).
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It is worse than surprising: it shows that America is short on weapons and cannot support Taiwan even on the short term. Thanks for the marvelous sense of strategy of the Biden administration.
ReplyDeleteOh they are geniuses.
DeleteImagine if the Pentagon had gotten their way and we were still in Afghanistan as well.
ReplyDeleteHa so right. And deeper in Syria also
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