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New $345 Million Weapons Aid Package For Taiwan Includes ‘Asymmetric Capabilities,’ Karlin Says

New $345 Million Weapons Aid Package For Taiwan Includes ‘Asymmetric Capabilities,’ Karlin Says
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Capabilities, Mara Karlin speaks to cadets from The United States Military Academy better known as West Point during a tour to the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., March 24, 2023. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

While the Pentagon has declined to detail specific systems in the new $345 million weapons aid package for Taiwan, a senior department official said Tuesday it includes “asymmetric capabilities” for areas such as multi-domain awareness and air defense. “This is really focused on self-defense capabilities,” Mara Karlin, assistant secretary of defense for strategies, plans and capabilities, told reporters on Tuesday during a Defense Writers Group discussion. “And it’s looking at things like critical defensive stockpiles, multi-domain awareness, anti-armor and air…

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