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US announces largest ever military aid package
The United States has announced a US$567 million military aid package for Taiwan, the largest such package to date.
The aid is being provided under a Presidential Drawdown Authority, which allows the US to send equipment and weapons from existing stocks to its allied partners in crises.
In a statement from the White House, President Joe Biden delegated the Secretary of State to "direct the drawdown in defense articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training, to provide assistance to Taiwan."
The statement doesn't provide any specific details about this arms package. However, Defense News last week cited an unnamed US official as saying the package would "fund training, stockpiles, anti-armour weapons, air defence, and multi-domain awareness."
The same report said the Pentagon is currently working on another aid package for Taiwan, and the Biden administration plans to complete that before its term ends in January next year.
