The U.S. government has approved another round of military aid to Taiwan amid increasing pressure from communist China, which claims the self-governing island democracy as part of its territory.
The State Department on Friday approved the sale of about $108 million worth of spare and repair parts for tanks and other combat vehicles along with federal and contractor technical and logistic support, according to the Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), which has notified Congress of the possible sale.
The sale is “consistent with U.S. law and policy” and “serves U.S. national, economic, and security interests by supporting the recipient’s continuing efforts to modernize its armed forces and to maintain a credible defensive capability,” the DSCA said in a statement.