Taiwan worries about US delay in missile delivery
Taiwan’s Defense Agency on May 3 announced the US plan to transfer man-portable air defense missiles Stinger for the territory may be delayed and Taipei is pressing Washington for deliveries as planned.
The US has approved a package to sell 250 Stinger missiles to Taiwan in 2019 and Taiwanese media reported that the delivery is expected to be completed in 2026. Stinger missiles are sucking up goods in Ukraine amid hostilities with Russia, while US supply is decreasing and further production of Stinger is on face great challenges.
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This is the second time this week that Taiwan’s National Defense Agency has warned about the possibility of the US delaying the plan to deliver weapons.
On May 2, the agency said that Taipei was considering buying other replacement weapons after the US announced that the plan to deliver 40 self-propelled artillery systems would be delayed due to the production line operating at full capacity, according to NHK. . Taiwanese media reported that the US’s ability to make weapons was affected by the war in Ukraine.
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