State Department Approves $180 Million Arms Sales for Taiwan
The deal is for Volcano anti-tank mine-laying systems.
The deal is for Volcano anti-tank mine-laying systems.
The funds will be included in the Senate version of the 2023 NDAA.
Kurt Campbell, the top Asia official on the NSC, says the White House didn't walk back Biden's comments.
President Biden says he doesn't encourage Taiwanese independence but also says US forces would defend the island in the case of a Chinese invasion.
The legislation would give Taiwan $6.5 billion in military aid through 2027.
The House speaker has just given off a reek of butter that seems to have sent the whole of East Asia in search of hankies.
In spite of Biden’s reiteration afterwards of US adherence to the “one China” policy, his apparent gaffe – the third in nine months – would seem to signal a burgeoning…