TAIPEI (Reuters) -- The United States confirmed the sale to Taiwan of an advanced air defense missile system worth almost $700 million which has been battle-tested in Ukraine, in the second such weapons package for Taipei in a week.
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US confirms sale of $700m air defense missile system to Taiwan
Second weapons package for Taipei in a week
A Spanish NASAMS air defense system is deployed during an exercise in Latvia in May. Taiwan is poised to join Indonesia and Australia on the list of Indo-Pacific operators of the system. © Reuters
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