US Upgrades Taiwan Weapons Package With Newer Patriot Missiles
- Congress told Thursday of $882 million 100 Patriots sale
- Earlier package let China to suspend some military contacts
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The US has proposed selling Taiwan as many as 100 of its most advanced Patriot air-defense missiles along with radar and support equipment in a deal valued at $882 million, according to a State Department notice obtained by Bloomberg News.
The proposal was made under the provisions of a 2010 sale to the island and so technically is not new. It is classified as an enhancement to the earlier deal, with a potential total value of $2.81 billion. The upgrade won’t change the overall value of that deal, which infuriated Beijing at the time and led it to halt planned military exchanges with the U.S.