WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday (Jul 28) unveiled a US$345 million military aid package for Taiwan designed to quickly bolster the island's ability to deter any possible Chinese invasion. The package - which an official said features intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment and small
WASHINGTON: The United States on Friday unveiled a US$345 million military aid package for Taiwan designed to quickly bolster the island's ability to deter any possible Chinese invasion.
Elements of the package"address critical defensive stockpiles, multi-domain awareness, anti-armour and air defence capabilities". he added.Congress has authorised President Joe Biden to draw aid for Taiwan from American military stocks - the same way that Washington has provided large quantities of assistance to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February 2022.
The US maintains a “One China” policy under which it does not recognise Taiwan’s formal independence and has no formal diplomatic relations with the island in deference to Beijing. However, US law requires a credible defence for Taiwan and for the US to treat all threats to the island as matters of “grave concern".
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