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US approves potential $500m sale of military equipment to Taiwan
(www.aljazeera.com)
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Lol I remember in 2020 Taiwan bought 4 MQ-9 Reaper drones for $600 million (money up front of course, they will be actually delivered in 2025 - will they even still be around at that time?). Then, when Russia shot down (or better "pissed down") another MQ-9 drone over the Black sea, which Western news decried as pricey as 30 million...
Some Taiwanese did some quic maffs then... to discover... Lmao US friends get US friends prices I guess
Then those Taiwanese need to leave off their "quic maffs" and go read the purchasing contract instead. They bought a LOT more than four MQ-9Bs.
The US can be shitty enough on its own, there's no need to daydream stuff up.
Yes you don't get the drones only, as you also get control stations, and other equipment to use them. That's like I get a car, but wait, then I also get car keys, and, hold up, an iPhone case with a BMW logo on it... a LOT! Clearly they are bloating the prices, and you're the one daydreaming stuff up lmao