The US State Department denied that he had considered the cancellation of the F-16V fi

It was rumored that the U.SThe F-16V fighter order was sold in Taiwan, and the US State Department denied it and said that the relevant statements were incorrect.

Comprehensive Taiwan United Daily and Central News Agency reported that the US Defense Security Cooperation (DSCA) local time on Wednesday (August 23) announced that the US State Department has approved the latest roundThe Infrared Search and Track System (IRST) and its related devices are estimated to be US $ 500 million (about S $ 679 million).This is the 11th military sale of the US President Biden after taking office.

Rupert Hammond-Chambers, the president of the US and Taiwan Chamber of Commerce, revealed that the United States adheres to Taiwan's defense forces to focus on "asymmetric combat power", so as to cancel several military sales plans for Taiwan;The Biden government carefully considers the cancellation of the F-16V fighter last year. In the end, it was stopped because of the high legal difficulties, so that the military sales case was left.

The U.S. State Department spokesman denied the statement when they were questioned, and said that the United States strongly supported Taiwan to fight for the renovation of the old F-16 fleet and obtained new fighters, which is in line with the United States to assist Taiwan to maintain sufficient self-defense forces to maintain sufficient self-defense forces.Long -term policy.

A spokesman said that the US government has always fulfilled this policy in the past eight years, which has also helped maintain the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait.

The US-Taiwan government has confirmed that the delivery of the F-16V fighter is facing delay, but this is the first time that the Biden government considers the cancellation plan.

The United States announced the approval of the sale of 66 F-16V fighters in Taiwan in 2019, and the Taiwan Department of Defense was launched for NT $ 247.2 billion (about 10.5 billion yuan).By the time of complex development challenges, the Taiwan National Defense Ministry of Defense explains that the progress of software is backward. After the transfer of planes will be postponed until the middle of next year, it is still aimed at the full aircraft in 2026.

In addition, the Washington Post reported in March that even if the F-16V was handed over as scheduled, Taiwan still faced the problem of insufficient pilots. In terms of current progress, Taiwan will add 100 pilots and a mature ones to mature.It takes five years to develop the F-16 fighter pilot.