Taiwan: US drone sale plan progresses: MQ-9 / 4 aircraft
[Washington, October 2, Reuters]
Sale of US drone to Taiwan:
A plan to sell a US high-performance drone to Taiwan has overcome a major hurdle in the US Congress and is in the final stages of approval, officials said on October 2.
Drone “MQ-9”:
The target for sale is a drone made by General Atomics.
4 “MQ-9”.
The amount is equivalent to 600 million dollars.
US State Department:
It may officially notify Congress of the sale plan within the week.
The parliament says that both the ruling and opposition parties are widely in favor of the sale.
I learned from a Reuters official on the 2nd.
Reuters
https://jp.reuters.com/article/usa-taiwan-arms-idJPKBN27I2H3
US advances sale of MQ-9 drones, Harpoon missiles to Taiwan
TAIPEI (Taiwan News)
A day after announcing the sale of three sophisticated weapons systems to Taiwan,
the Trump administration
has notified Congress of the approved sale of two more advanced armaments.
As tensions heat up between the U.S. and China over the trade war,
Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic,
national security law in Hong Kong, and
human rights abuses in Xinjiang,
President Donald Trump
is looking to take a tougher stance with Beijing.
Reuters on Tuesday (Oct. 13) cited eight sources saying that
the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs
had been notifiedally notified of the State Department’s approval of the sale of two advanced weapons systems to Taiwan, in addition to the three announced the previous day.
Taiwan News