{"id":48396,"date":"2026-03-17T19:45:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T19:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2026\/03\/17\/iran-war-is-not-delaying-us-weapons-shipments-to-taiwan-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:28:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:28:08","slug":"iran-war-is-not-delaying-us-weapons-shipments-to-taiwan-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/2026\/03\/17\/iran-war-is-not-delaying-us-weapons-shipments-to-taiwan-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran war is not delaying US weapons shipments to Taiwan, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON, March 17 (Reuters) \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/03\/16\/number-of-us-troops-wounded-in-war-against-iran-rises-to-about-200\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/03\/16\/number-of-us-troops-wounded-in-war-against-iran-rises-to-about-200\/\">war on Iran<\/a> has not delayed shipments of weapons to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2026\/03\/03\/america-first-weapons-sales-policy-favors-arming-taiwan-quickly-in-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2026\/03\/03\/america-first-weapons-sales-policy-favors-arming-taiwan-quickly-in-theory\/\">Taiwan<\/a> or changed U.S. policy toward the island, officials from President Donald Trump\u2019s administration told members of Congress on Tuesday, despite the demands of the intense air campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHave we delayed moving things to Taiwan? We haven\u2019t,\u201d Stanley Brown, principal deputy assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, told a House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. and Israel began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/02\/28\/us-israel-launch-major-combat-operations-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\" title=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2026\/02\/28\/us-israel-launch-major-combat-operations-in-iran\/\">airstrikes<\/a> against Iran on Feb. 28, a campaign that has raised concerns among some U.S. officials that the U.S. defense industry would be unable to keep up with demand and could be forced to slow shipments to buyers such as Taiwan, which faces steadily rising military pressure from China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was already a multi-billion-dollar backlog of U.S. arms shipments to Taiwan before the Iran war started. Brown said the administration was looking at ways to expedite shipments, without providing specifics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trip to China postponed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several members of the House committee raised concerns about the island during the hearing, which took place on the day Trump said he was postponing a highly anticipated trip to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taiwan was one of the issues expected to be discussed by the two leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China views Taiwan as its own territory and has never renounced the use of force to take the island under its control. 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