US approves sale of spare aircraft parts worth $425 million to Taiwan
The Biden administration on Tuesday signed off on two new significant arms sales to Taiwan in approvals that are sure to rankle China.
The State Department said it had okayed sales worth more than USD 425 million of spare aircraft parts to support Taiwan’s fleet of F-16 fighters, C-130 transport planes and other US-supplied weapons systems.
The package includes USD 330 million in standard replacement parts and USD 98 million in non-standard equipment along with related accessories and logistics.
The sales were announced just weeks after President Joe Biden met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for talks in Indonesia in which China’s increasingly aggressive behaviour toward Taiwan was a major issue.
