Pentagon Approves Sale of Air-to-Surface Missiles to Taiwan

[Zer0reZ]

The Defense Department has approved the sale of 50 high-speed missiles designed to home in on radar systems to Taiwan as part of a $1.42 billion arms deal.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The United States has approved the sale of 50 high-speed anti-radiation missiles to Taiwan as part of a $1.42 billion arms deal, the Defense Department said in a press release.

"The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in the United States of fifty (50) AGM-88B HARMs and ten (10) AGM-88B Training HARMs," the release said Thursday.

Pentagon also approved the sale of 46 heavyweight torpedoes to Taiwan.

"The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO) in the United States for forty-six (46) MK 48 Mod 6AT Heavyweight Torpedoes (HWT)," the release said.

 

[maximuswarrior]

Is this approval unilateral or has Taiwan actually sought the missiles? You know just like the failed THAAD sales pitch to South Korea LOL

 

[Oldman1]

Is this approval unilateral or has Taiwan actually sought the missiles? You know just like the failed THAAD sales pitch to South Korea LOL

Taiwan sought them. Actually Taiwan sought many things from the U.S.

 

[neem456]

Time for china for yet another round of crying.

 

[Penguin]

Is this approval unilateral or has Taiwan actually sought the missiles? You know just like the failed THAAD sales pitch to South Korea LOL

http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sale...ative-office-tecro-united-states-agm-88b-high

Note it says 'sale' not grant. This impies there was a request for purchase. Grants are sometimes awarded without request or even acceptance (i.e. an offer that doen't have to be taken up, see USS Fletcher Spruance class destroyer for Pakistan)

Besides HARM, there's a whole bunch more on the shopping list, including

• surveillance radars
• AN/SLQ-32(V)3 Electronic Warfare Systems upgrade for 4 ex-KIDD Class (now KEELUNG Class) destroyers
• fifty-six (56) AGM-154C JSOW Air-to-Ground Missiles
• MK 54 Lightweight Torpedo (LWT) Conversion Kits.
• forty-six (46) MK 48 Mod 6AT Heavyweight Torpedoes (HWT).
• sixteen (16) Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) Block IIIA All-Up Rounds (AUR), forty-seven (47) MK 93 MOD 1 SM-2 Block IIIA Guidance Sections (GSs), and five (5) MK 45 MOD 14 SM-2 Block IIIA Target Detecting Devices (TDDs) Shrouds.

http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales

 

[Zer0reZ]

Time for china for yet another round of crying.

China Condemns US Arms Deal With Taiwan - Ambassador

 

[lastone]

Time for china for yet another round of crying.

Already crying. That's all they are capable of nowadays.
The encirclement of China has started.
Wait for Vietnam and Philippines to now start asserting their inalienable rights on their ancient lands and seas.

 

[Penguin]

Already crying. That's all they are capable of nowadays.
The encirclement of China has started.
Wait for Vietnam and Philippines to now start asserting their inalienable rights on their ancient lands and seas.

These countries have always been there. China, like Russia, has always been 'encircled' by other countries/nations. Nothing new there.

 

[lastone]

These countries have always been there. China, like Russia, has always been 'encircled' by other countries/nations. Nothing new there.

You have no flags ?
How do I respond ?

 

[Penguin]

You have no flags ?
How do I respond ?

I've never had any and aren't about to start. But you know where Penguins live and if you pay attention, you soon find out where this penguin lives. You respond substantively on topic, irrespective of flag.

 

[LeGenD]

@Penguin

Irrespective of your nationality, you are an asset of this forum - I see lot of high quality posts from you.

Keep up the good work, bro.

 

[turbofan7a]

Taiwan = 1, china = 0