US Finally Sells Taiwan F-16Vs
US President Donald Trump has ended years of uncertainty with his informal approval on August 19 for the US$8 billion sale of 66 F-16V jets to Taiwan, although the craft still lags behind the fast new “fifth-generation” fighter jets that the People’s Liberation Army Air Force is developing.
The issue of new fighter aircraft has become particularly pressi…
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