Taiwan is seeking to obtain more than $6.4 billion in American weapons including Patriot Advanced Capbility-3 (PAC-3) anti-missile interceptors, under the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. The gigantic program also includes UGM-84L Harpoon Block II over-the-horizon anti-ship missiles, E-2T retrofit upgrades and Javelin guided missile systems. PAC-3s are a Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] product. Harpoons are provided by The Boeing Co. [BA]. The Javelin shoulder-fire anti-armor weapon is a Lockheed/[RTN] system. Those weapons would increase Taiwanese defense capabilities against foreign…
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