U.S. clears sale of AIM-9X, AGM-84 missiles to Taiwan

The U.S. government has cleared the sale of 60 AGM-84L-1 Harpoon Block II missiles and 100 AIM-9X Block II Sidewinder missiles to Taiwan on Sept. 2.

AGM-84 Harpoon carried by an F-16
National Archives at College Park – Still Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Congress was notified of three potential arms sales to Taiwan on that day and the most expensive one was the upgrade of the AN/FPS-115 PAVE PAWS radar for $665.4 million.

The Pentagon says the Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) for the Surveillance Radar Program (SRP), to be executed by Raytheon, will provide “improved situational awareness and threat warning capabilities critical to regional security.”

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