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U.S. Approves $1.7 Billion in Military Sales To Taiwan

Wednesday, December 16th, 2015

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U.S. Approves $1.7 Billion in Military Sales To Taiwan

USS Thach (FFG 43), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate. Photo: U.S. Navy.

The State Department approved eight possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) requests to Taiwan totaling $1.718 billion for various major defense systems.The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress of the potential sales on Dec. 16.The requests include $268 million in almost 800 TOW 2B Aero Radio Frequency (RF) Missiles (BGM-71F-Series); $416 million in 13 Mk 15 Phalanx Block 1B Baseline 2 Close-in Weapons System (CIWS) guns with 260,000 rounds of 20 mm Mk 244 Mod 0 Armor-Piercing Discarding Sabots (APDS)…

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