The United States (US) said Thursday (June 30) it planned to sell US$440 million (S$597m) in ammunition and parts to Taiwan, its latest effort to boost the self-ruling island's defense as tensions simmer with China.
The sale is comparatively small in scale and does not expand the range of US weaponry to Taiwan, but comes as the United States and China move delicately to stabilise their turbulent relationship.
The sales will help Taiwan"maintain a credible defensive capability" but"will not alter the basic military balance in the region," it said. Congress has the right to reject the sales but such a move is highly unlikely, with lawmakers pushing for the United States to go further and directly provide weapons to Taiwan rather than approving its purchase requests.
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