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Donald Trump has announced the largest military aid package to Taiwan in history

The United States will sell Taiwan weapons worth $11 billion.

This is already the second tranche this year: the first, approved in November, amounted to $330 million. The decision still requires approval by Congress.

The package includes:

82 HIMARS systems
420 ATACMS missiles, 756 M31A2 MLRS rocket pods, and 447 M30A2 rocket pods
60 M109A7 Paladin self-propelled howitzers with ammunition
ALTIUS drones
1,050 Javelin anti-tank missiles and 1,545 TOW missiles
Tactical Mission Network software worth over $1 billion for command, control, and communications.

Taiwan thanked the United States, saying the deal will help the island “rapidly build strong deterrence capabilities.”

China’s Foreign Ministry urged the US to “adhere to the One China principle” and immediately stop what it called dangerous actions to arm Taiwan.

In every simulation, the US loses to China 97% of the time.

Sure the US has some impressive hardware. But China went with cheap and numerous. The Gerald R Ford can stop 5 drone based attacks. But can it defend from 100? 1000? That's the direction China went.. Fire 100 'Sea Baby' type drones at an Arley Burke, see if it survives. If it does, send 500 more.

The US will lose, unless China is completely incompetent.

NYT: In 2023, CIA warned Apple, Nvidia, and AMD of possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan by 2027

According to the report, U.S. intelligence privately alerted major tech companies that Beijing could move against Taiwan within the next few years.

Around 97% of advanced chips are currently produced on the island. A blockade or destruction of its facilities could trigger a global economic crisis.

The warning was tied to U.S. national security concerns and aimed at pushing companies to diversify production away from Taiwan.