Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 08 Dec 2020, 04:40 am Print
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Washington/Sputnik: The Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency has announced a possible sale of military communications equipment to Taiwan, saying it would help bolster the East Asian island's defense capabilities.
"The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO) of a Field Information Communications System (FICS) and related equipment for an estimated cost of $280 million," it said.
The agency has delivered the required certification notifying Congress of the prospective sale, according to a press release published on Monday.
"This proposed sale serves US 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 agency added.
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