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Reuters reported on the 3rd that the US proposal for the sale of 4 MQ-9 UAV weapons to Taiwan has cleared the most important hurdle in Congress and entered the final approval stage. The US State Department is expected to officially notify this later. Congress. Under the regulations, if Congress has no objections within 30 days of receiving the notice, the $ 600 million transaction will be officially finalized.
According to the report, the arms sale plan this time includes the sale of these four MQ-9 UAVs manufactured by General Atomics, as well as the construction of related ground stations and training provided by the United States. Service.
Public information shows that the MQ-9 drone is also known as “Reaper” or “Reaper”. This UAV has a wide range of sensors, multi-mode communication kits, and sophisticated weapons. It can be piloted remotely. It is mainly used for dynamic target execution and also has intelligence gathering functions. This unmanned aerial vehicle can generally be used for close air support, combat search or rescue strikes, coordination, reconnaissance, etc., and it can conduct irregular combat operations.
Earlier this year, the US military sent drones to launch “Hellfire” missiles and killed Iranian General Qassem Soleimani who was trying to provoke terror attacks. His precision strike ability astonished the outside world.
According to a report by Radio Free Asia, regarding the US plan to sell the Reaper UAV to Taiwan, Taiwan Defense Minister Yan Defa said that this is the first time the US has sold this UAV. to your allies. After Taiwan submitted a demand letter for the purchase of eight outlets, the United States also followed procedures to advance the project. After receiving notification from the United States Department of Defense, the budget for the following years will be compiled and sent to the Legislative Yuan for review, and upon approval, it will be implemented as planned.
Wang Dingyu, DPP lawmaker, said: The MQ-9 UAV is one of the strongest active UAVs in the United States. It can be used with UAVs from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Taiwan to conduct long, medium and short range battlefield management reconnaissance, reconnaissance, attack and defense. All aspects can be better integrated. He said: “This is a good improvement for Taiwan’s overall defense capabilities, and it also bears witness to the good results of the warming of Taiwan-US relations over the past four years.”
It is also worth noting that on the eve of the US presidential election day, the CCP military sent 8 military aircraft to Taiwan’s Southwest Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) in 3 times within one day on November 2, including 1 plane and 8 planes. Anti-submarine aircraft, one Y-8 technical reconnaissance aircraft, two Su-30 fighter sorties, two F-16 fighter sorties, and two F-10 fighter sorties continued to threaten Taiwan. The Taiwan Air Force sent fighter jets into the air to broadcast and scare off Chinese military aircraft. At the same time, they used anti-aircraft missiles to track and monitor them until they left the air defense identification zone on the island of Taiwan.
In response to this incident of military aircraft disrupting Taiwan, Taiwan Executive Yuan Su Zhenchang emphasized in an interview with Radio Free Asia on the 3rd that Taiwan, as a country on the front line of democracy, will do everything possible to safeguard national sovereignty and national security. He said that Taiwan will work closely with the United States and other countries that also have freedom, democratic values and love regional peace to maintain regional peace and national security.
(Liming Reporter Full Report / Editor-in-Chief: Mei Lan)
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