DSCA Announces $6.4 Billion in Potential Military Sales to Taiwan

By John Liang / October 3, 2008 at 5:00 AM
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency this week finally announced a raft of foreign military sales to Taiwan potentially worth more than $6.4 billion, with nearly half -- $3.1 billion -- going for Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missiles and related support equipment. Sister publication Inside U.S.-China Trade reported last month that the sales had stalled since 2001 because of internal disagreement between political parties in Taiwan over whether the sales were necessary given the fact that they would likely anger China. Taiwan...

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