US confirms Abrams MBT deal with Taiwan

摘要

The US State Department has made a detetmination to approve a possible Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to Taiwan of equipment including General Dynamics M1A2 Abrams MBTs and Raytheon Stinger missiles. The proposed deal was announced on 8 July by the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) and is worth an estimated USD2.22 billion. It comes as the US government 'normalises' the way it processes military contracts with Taiwan.