{"id":77390,"date":"2023-07-28T22:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T22:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/07\/28\/us-to-announce-345-million-military-aid-package-for-taiwan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:55:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:55:38","slug":"us-to-announce-345-million-military-aid-package-for-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2023\/07\/28\/us-to-announce-345-million-military-aid-package-for-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"US to announce $345 million military aid package for Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The U.S. is set to announce $345 million in military aid for Taiwan<\/a>, two U.S. officials said Friday. It would be the Biden administration\u2019s first major package drawing on America\u2019s own stockpiles under a new policy intended to speed up military aid to help Taiwan counter China.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The package includes man-portable air defense systems, or MANPADS, intelligence and surveillance capabilities, firearms and missiles, according to the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters ahead of the announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. lawmakers have been pressuring the Pentagon and White House to speed weapons to Taiwan. The goals are to help it counter China and to deter China from considering attacking, by providing Taipei enough weaponry that it would make the price of invasion too high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The package is in addition to nearly $19 billion in military sales<\/a> of F-16s and other major weapons systems that the U.S. has approved for Taiwan. Delivery of those weapons has been hampered by supply chain issues that started during the COVID-19 pandemic and have been exacerbated by the global defense industrial base pressures created by Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\t