25.10.2020, 15:19
Der Deal dürfte in China wohl wenig Begeisterung auslösen...
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Zitat:US approves potential USD1.8 billion sale to Taiwan of HIMARS launchers, AGM-84H missiles, and MS-110 reconnaissance podshttps://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-...sance-pods
The US Department of State has approved the potential sale to Taiwan of USD1.8 billion worth of M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers, AGM-84H Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) missiles, and MS-110 multispectral airborne airborne reconnaissance pods, along with related equipment, training, support, and services.
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced approvals for the sale of each system under the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) programme in three separate notifications issued on 21 October amid increasing tensions between Beijing and Taipei over the status of Taiwan. The Chinese government sees the island as a break-away province and has vowed to reunite it with the mainland. [...]
In its first notification the DSCA said that the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) – Taiwan’s principal representative office in the country – had requested the sale of 11 Lockheed Martin M142 HIMARS launchers, 64 Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMSs) M57 unitary missiles, seven M1152Al Humvees, 11 M240B 7.62 MM machine guns, and 17 International Field Artillery Tactical Data Systems (IFATDSs).
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