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US approves potential $500m sale of military equipment to Taiwan (www.aljazeera.com)

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[–] Trudge@lemmygrad.ml 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That'll be four F-35 fighters. The wonders of US Military-Industrial complex never fails to amaze me.

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

It's kind of an open secret that the US refuses to sell Taiwan any top shelf stuff because the US believes the ROC military to be hopelessly compromised. It probably is.