US State Department Approves Possible $2.2 Billion Arms Sale to Taiwan

Flags of Taiwan and United States are placed for a meeting between U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce speaks and with Su Chia-chyuan, president of the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, Taiwan, on March 27, 2018. Tyrone Siu/Reuters

WASHINGTON—The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale to Taiwan of M1A2T Abrams tanks, Stinger missiles, and related equipment at an estimated value of $2.2 billion, the Pentagon said on July 8.

The sale of the weapons requested by Taiwan includes 108 General Dynamics Corp M1A2T Abrams tanks and 250 Stinger missiles.