The Biden administration has approved funding for the first-ever transfer of US military equipment to Taiwan under a program typically saved for sovereign nations, according to a notification sent to Congress on Tuesday.

The package – which is part of the State Department’s foreign military financing (FMF) program – totals $80 million and will be paid for by US taxpayers.

“FMF will be used to strengthen Taiwan’s self-defense capabilities through joint and combined defense capability and enhanced maritime domain awareness and maritime security capability,” the department wrote in its notification to Congress that was reviewed by CNN.

  • @Candelestine
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    01 year ago

    Forever destroyed the myth of Russian strength? That’s funny. If that were going to happen, it’d have happened after the Winter War. Or maybe the Russo-Japanese War.

    In a world where people don’t all learn the same things, a myth of military strength is very easy to build from nothing. Just takes some consistent propaganda over time.