The Pentagon said production was expected to be completed by March 2029. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TAIPEI - Taiwan will buy as many as 400 US land-launched Harpoon missiles in the face of rising threat from China, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing a trade group’s leader and people familiar with the issue.
The Pentagon declined to comment directly on the deal, but said: “the United States makes available to Taiwan defense articles and services necessary to enable it to maintain a sufficient self-defense capability.” A contract with Boeing that the US Naval Air Systems Command issued on Taiwan’s behalf marks the first time it will get the mobile, land-launched version, the Bloomberg report said, citing Rupert Hammond-Chambers, president of the US-Taiwan Business Council. It had previously purchased the ship-launched version.US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen
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