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U.S. Approves Over $1.1 Billion In Potential Weapons Deals With Taiwan

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, September 6th, 2022

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U.S. Approves Over $1.1 Billion In Potential Weapons Deals With Taiwan

A Harpoon missile is launched from the USS Shiloh in 2014 during a live-fire exercise. Photo: U.S. Navy.

The State Department has approved over $1.1 billion in potential foreign military sales with Taiwan, to include support for the Surveillance Radar Program and the sale of AGM-84L-1 Harpoon Block II missiles and AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder missiles. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified Congress on Sept. 2 of the three new FMS cases. “These proposed sales are routine cases to support Taiwan’s continuing efforts to modernize its armed forces and to maintain a credible defensive capability,” a State…

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