Special Envoy to Taipei
Race against time in Taiwan.
Just this weekend, China deployed 71 fighter jets in maneuvers around the Democratic Island, including 60 fighter jets - one of its biggest forays.
Ten months after the surprise invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Taiwan is therefore beefing up its defense with the support of the United States, to deter Beijing.
The US Congress has just authorized a new battery of arms sales to the tune of 10 billion dollars by 2027, the date of a possible Chinese invasion, according to the Pentagon.
That is 2 billion per year between now and then to provide the "
porcupine
" island with a state-of-the-art arsenal, and an asymmetrical panoply capable of keeping the continental "
dragon
" at bay, by taking the recipes from the works in Ukraine.
The "
Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act
", voted by the Senate on December 15, speeds up the procedures for arms sales, and offers loans to Taipei to carry out its purchases as quickly as possible, while the timetable for a possible invasion...
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