Hung Cao told a Senate hearing they were "doing a pause" on the sale to make sure they had munitions for the Iran war.

The US is pausing a $14bn (£10.4bn) arms sale to Taiwan to ensure it has enough weapons for the Iran war, acting Navy secretary Hung Cao has said.

Cao confirmed this at a Senate hearing, days after President Donald Trump appeared non-committal about the sale following his meetings with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

A spokesperson for Taiwan’s presidential office told reporters on Friday that they had not received any information about “US adjustments to the arms sale”.

The sale of US arms to Taiwan has long irked Beijing, which claims the self-governed island as its territory and has not ruled out taking it by force.

“Right now we’re doing a pause in order to make sure we have the munitions we need for Epic Fury - which we have plenty,” Cao said at the hearing on Thursday, using the code name for the US-Israel joint military operation in Iran.

    • Prove_your_argument@piefed.socialEnglish
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      7 days ago

      With the friendly and compliant response after being told let them have Taiwan, there’s absolutely no way a juicy bribe wasn’t involved. He got something and nothing publicly announced is of substance.

      I wasn’t born yesterday. Most transparently corrupt president and administration ever.

  • LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    16 days ago

    This is the shit I’m afraid of. If we shift our focus and get bogged down in the middle east, China will make a move on Taiwan. And if you think shits expensive now, buckle the fuck up because prices will go to space.