Reuters quoted two U.S. officials that the United States is expected to be announced on Friday (July 28) that it will provide Taiwan with military assistance worth more than 300 million US dollars (the same, S $ 399 million).Against it may be angry in Beijing.
The United States proposed in May this year that it is planned to promote a 500 million US dollar weapon assistance to Taiwan through the Presidential Drawdown Authority mechanism through similar aid in Ukraine.
When the last US Congress passed the National Defense Authorization Law in December last December, it has approved the use of presidential extraction rights to provide Taiwan's annual value of 1 billion US dollars of weapons assistance.
A unnamed U.S. official told Reuters that this military aid support is expected to reach $ 330 million.
Reuters predicts that the US official announcement will not include the provided weapon system list.
But the four people familiar with the matter said that the military assistance plan included four non-armed MQ-9A reconnaissance drones.However, as U.S. officials are studying advanced equipment that the U.S. Air Force is equipped from the drone, drones may not be included in the list.
Another informed person said that it is also a problem who pays the cost of transformation of drones.
Taiwan has previously agreed to buy four more advanced MQ-9B maritime patrol drones, manufactured by General atoms, and is expected to be delivered in 2025.
Earlier this month, Mark Milley, the highest general of the United States, said that the United States and its allies need to accelerate their weapons to Taiwan in the next few years to help Taiwan's self -defense.
Beijing has repeatedly asked the United States to stop selling weapons to Taiwan.
