{"id":1985800,"date":"2023-07-29T13:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T17:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-confirms-345-million-aid-package-for-taiwan\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T13:17:21","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T17:17:21","slug":"u-s-confirms-345-million-aid-package-for-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-confirms-345-million-aid-package-for-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. grants Taiwan $345M aid package."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-confirms-345-million-aid-package-for-taiwan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1985800&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(Photo by \u2062Annabelle Chih\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\/\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Francis<\/a><br \/>10:08 AM \u2013 Saturday, July 29,\u200d 2023<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration announced $345 million in military\u200d aid for Taiwan, marking the first major package \u2063which is meant to help the \u200cisland\u200b nation\u200c counter China.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW\ud83d\udea8: The \u200cWhite\u2064 House announces a $345 million \u200dsecurity package to Taiwan. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fOjeD0X01o\">pic.twitter.com\/fOjeD0X01o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Officer Lew (@officer_Lew) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officer_Lew\/status\/1685054319513448449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The White House said\u2064 that the package will include defense education and training for Taiwanese forces. According to two anonymous officials, the package will\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-confirms-345-million-aid-package-for-taiwan\/\" title=\"U.S. grants Taiwan 5M aid package.\">include \u2064man-portable air defense systems<\/a> (MANPADS), intelligence and surveillance capabilities, firearms and missiles, all being pulled from the United\u200b States\u2019 own stockpile.<\/p>\n<p>Although\u2063 the White House did not provide specific details about the weapons systems, a former Department of Defense official, who has knowledge of the package and spoke under anonymity,\u2064 said that the package will at least\u2063 include MQ-9 Reaper drones, and small arms ammunition.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The White House has \u200dannounced\u200c a $345 Million \u200dMilitary Aid Package to\u200c Taiwan\u2062 with it\u2064 said to include \u201cDefense Articles as well as the Services of the Department of Defense \u2062to provide Military Education \u2062and Training to\u2063 the\u200c Taiwanese Armed Force.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/u5f0ON8LsY\">pic.twitter.com\/u5f0ON8LsY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sentdefender\/status\/1685054431040000000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Although the United States \u200dhas no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-kosovo-establish-mutual-diplomatic-ties\/\" title=\"Israel, Kosovo establish mutual diplomatic ties\">formal diplomatic relations<\/a> \u2064with the island nation, John Kirby, the spokesperson for the National Security Council said that\u2064 the administration takes the \u201cresponsibilities to Taiwan \u2026 \u2063very,\u2064 very seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe take our\u200c responsibilities to Taiwan \u200band to improving their self-defense capabilities very, very seriously,\u201d Kirby said \u200don Friday ahead of the announcement of the\u2063 package.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Pentagon has been under pressure to send aid\u2064 to Taiwan with the\u200c goal to help deter China by making the price of an invasion too \u200dhigh.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese \u200bdiplomats protested the move by the Biden administration, however, Taiwan\u2019s representative\u200d in the U.S. said that \u200cthe willingness to provide \u200bTaipei with\u200b arms\u200b is \u200bimportant in supporting Taiwan\u2019s self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, \u2062Taipei said that they \u200bwill work with \u200bthe Biden\u200d administration in\u2063 order to maintain \u201cpeace, \u2062stability, and\u200c the status quo across \u2063the Taiwan\u200b Strait.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u200d$345 million is in addition to the nearly $19 billion in military sales that the administration has already\u2063 approved for\u2062 Taiwan. The sales include \u200cF-16s, and other major \u2063weapons \u2063systems.<\/p>\n<p>However, the \u2064delivery was \u200bdelayed due to logistics issues that stemmed from the COVID-19 \u2062pandemic, and the Russian invasion of \u200bUkraine. <\/p>\n<p>Earlier\u200c in July, top U.S. generals said that the United States \u200cand its allies need to expedite weapons deliveries to Taiwan in the future in order for the nation to be able to defend itself against \u2064China.<\/p>\n<p>Stay \u200cinformed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. 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