World News @lemmy.ml NightOwl @lemm.ee 1 yr. ago

US approves potential $500m sale of military equipment to Taiwan

www.aljazeera.com US approves potential $500m sale of military equipment to Taiwan

The deal with Taiwan, which has not yet been finalised, would exacerbate soaring tensions between the US and China.

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So... a couple of tomahawk missiles and a container of uniforms. Taiwan secured.
We've had one, yes, but what about second proxy war?
Imagine instead of complete surrender the confederacy retreated and held Texas, and China was selling them advanced weaponry. That’s what this is
Alright folks, time to get into the Taiwan flag business 📈 . I have a feeling the market is about to grow, anyone invested in Ukraine flags still is a fool! 📉
Money should go towards the poor and not the capitalist war machine.
That'll be four F-35 fighters. The wonders of US Military-Industrial complex never fails to amaze me.
I got into an argument with a guy on Reddit because he kept insisting that Taiwan was a sovereign nation and I kept telling him that Taiwan does not view Taiwan as a sovereign nation. At one point he asked me if we sold weapons to China and when I said definitionally yes he lost his shit.
I can’t WAIT for Taiwan to turn into the next Ukraine 😍! The final victory of liberal democracy over the global 99% is imminent!
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Lol I remember in 2020 Taiwan bought 4 MQ-9 Reaper drones for $600 million (money up front of course, they will be actually delivered in 2025 - will they even still be around at that time?). Then, when Russia shot down (or better "pissed down") another MQ-9 drone over the Black sea, which Western news decried as pricey as 30 million...

Some Taiwanese did some quic maffs then... to discover... Lmao US friends get US friends prices I guess
Gosh I just can't believe it I am simply blown away
Cold War Strategy. The West is yanking the economic rug out from under the CCP while forcing them to spend ever greater sums on their Military. They will eventually either implode from the external pressure or explode into War trying to beat it back.

It worked on the USSR and it will probably work on the CCP.
Brinkmanship
between Ukraine and now Taiwan i should really look into a subscription for Jane's Weekly. This year's hard covers alone are gonna make armchair colonels very wet

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