McCaul: Weapons marked for Taiwan will not be delivered until 2025

By Nick Wilson / May 24, 2023 at 7:29 PM
A list of 22 weapon systems marked for transfer to Taiwan -- including several missile systems and F-16 and MQ-9B aircraft -- will not be delivered until 2025 at the earliest, according to the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “When I was in Taiwan, President Tsai [Ing-wen] asked me, ‘Where are my weapons?’ I didn't have a good answer,” Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX) said during the committee’s Wednesday hearing on modernizing U.S. arms exports. “The ranking member and...

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