A new support contract is aimed to ‘maintain, sustain and improve’ Taiwan’s US-made Patriot missile systems [File: Richard Chung/Reuters] The United States has approved a $100 million support contract with Taiwan aimed at boosting the island’s missile defence systems amid heightened tensions with China.
The funds would be used to “sustain, maintain, and improve” the self-ruled island’s Patriot missile defence system, the Pentagon said on Monday. Keep reading
A statement from the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said it had delivered the required certification notifying Congress following State Department approval for the sale, which was requested by Taiwan’s […]
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