Taiwan buys 1,000 attack drones from the US.
According to Bloomberg, knowledgeable sources in the company that manufactures military and offensive drones, AeroVironment, announced that Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense, to counter the possible actions of the Chinese army, recently signed an official contract with the US government, which allows the authorities to purchase a thousand offensive drones. The island provides
Taiwan signed the “Letter of Offer and Acceptance” in late September; A step before contracts are signed that specify quantities, dollar values, and delivery dates. According to informed sources who did not want to reveal their names, these contracts will be signed soon.
Referring to the Pentagon’s announcement on the approval of a new package of arms sales to Taiwan, including surface-to-air missile systems, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry on Sunday urged Washington to immediately stop arming and equipping this autonomous island.
The statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China was issued in response to yesterday’s announcement by the US Department of Defense on the approval of the arms sales package to Taiwan worth about 2 billion dollars. A package containing the so-called “Nasamz” missile systems used in Ukraine.
The spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry stated: The sale of arms from the US to Taiwan severely violates the principle of “One China” as well as the three joint statements of China and the US, especially the statement of August 17, 1982. This sales plan violates China’s sovereignty and security interests, harms Washington-Beijing relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and sends a very wrong message to the “Taiwan independence” separatist forces.
He emphasized: China strongly condemns and strongly opposes this action and expresses its official protest to America. America’s decision to sell weapons to Taiwan as part of its efforts to contain China and advance the plan of “Taiwan independence” has contradicted the pledges of American leaders not to support “Taiwan independence” and has overshadowed efforts to stabilize the relationship between China and the United States. will give
The Chinese diplomat stated: that Beijing wants Washington to stop arming Taiwan and refrain from any destabilizing actions on the Taiwan Strait. China will take resolute countermeasures to resolutely defend its national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity.