Posted on 10/22/2020 9:51:11 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration has approved the sale of more than a billion dollars worth of advanced weaponry for Taiwan in a move that will enrage China and further exacerbate tensions between Washington and Beijing that have are already heated over issues such as trade, Tibet, Hong Kong, and the South China Sea.
The State Department announced Wednesday it had greenlighted the sale of 135 precision land attack missiles, associated equipment, and training to Taiwan to improve its defense capabilities. The package is worth just over a billion dollars, it said in a statement. The missiles are made by Boeing.
“This proposed sale serves U.S. national, economic and security interests by supporting the recipient’s continuing efforts to modernize its armed forces and to maintain a credible defensive capability,” it said in a statement. “The proposed sale will help improve the security of the recipient and assist in maintaining political stability” as well as military balance and economic progress in the region.
“The recipient will be able to employ a highly reliable and effective system to increase their warfighting effectiveness as needed, which can counter or deter aggressions by demonstrated precision against surface targets,” it said.
Taiwan has thanked the United States for its support as it faces escalating rhetoric of war from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The Trump administration has stepped up military and diplomatic support for Taiwan in recent months, including offering significant backing for Taiwan’s leadership in combatting the coronavirus pandemic.
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It’s not just the US that needs four more years of Trump.
THAT is going to leave a mark.
Nice, double it next month.
We’ve been providing them with arms for 40 years.
M I C will be habby NWO...er NOW?
Ping.
Not to worry. If elected, China Joe will put a stop to it.
Thank You for the ping!
Winning! MAGA!!
China ping
China should be careful with its ‘One china’ policy.
Please remember that Taiwan is the official Chinese government and that mainland china is a rebellious province of it, temporarily governed by the communist party.
For their wish to come true the communist party would need to abdicate. :P
The world's 'elites' and world's criminal underclass hate Trump...
But the people of the world? They support Trump. The 'people' are sick of being bullied by 'elites' - sick of fighting their wars for them... Sick of chinese thinking 'biggest bully wins'...
Well, you could expect a President Biden/Harris to put a stop to this sort of thing.
My guess is the Biden admin would let the PRC have a go at Taiwan and do absolutely nothing other than a insincere protest to the UN.
A problem with sales to Taiwan is it’s extensive spy network of ChiCom’s. Any technology shipped there is going to be reversed engineered if the manuals are not enough.
RE: A problem with sales to Taiwan is it’s extensive spy network of ChiCom’s. Any technology shipped there is going to be reversed engineered if the manuals are not enough.
The alternative is to leave Taiwan defenseless and simply let her fall into the hands of the ChiComs.
US Approves $1 Billion in New Arms Sales to Taiwan
That should energize the CCP
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