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Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990

By Kan, Shirley A.

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Title: Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990  
Author: Kan, Shirley A.
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Language: English
Subject: Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
Collections: Government Library Collection
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Publisher: Government Printing Office

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Kan, S. A. (n.d.). Taiwan: Major U.S. Arms Sales Since 1990. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/


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Excerpt: This report discusses U.S. security assistance for Taiwan, formally called the Republic of China (ROC), including policy issues for Congress. It also lists sales of major defense articles and services to Taiwan, as approved by the Administration, proposed in Letters of Offer and Acceptance, and notified to Congress since 1990.

Table of Contents
Contents U.S. Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Policy Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Broad Indicators of Arms Transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Military Relationship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 “Software Initiative” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Normalized Relations and “Major Non-NATO Ally” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Senior-Level Exchanges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 April 2001 Arms Requests and Status of Arms Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Amphibious Assault Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Attack Helicopters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Kidd-Class Destroyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Aegis-equipped Destroyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Submarines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 P-3C ASW Aircraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 PAC-3 Missile Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Early Warning Radars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 C4ISR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 AMRAAM and SLAMRAAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Taiwan’s Decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Other Possible Future Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Policy Issues for Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Extent of U.S. Commitment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Jiang Zemin’s Offer on Missiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Taiwan’s Commitment to Self-Defense and Budgets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Policy Reviews and U.S. Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Major Congressional Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 105th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 106th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 107th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 108th Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

 
 



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