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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11813089/Biden-agrees-arm-F-16s-Taiwan.html

Biden agrees to arm F-16s for Taiwan: President backs $619
million weapons package after China flexed its muscles by
dispatching 25 war planes to island

Biden approved an estimated $619 million potential arms sale
to Taiwan, including hundreds of missiles for F-16 fighter
jets

Comes after China set warplanes and warships toward island

. . .

I will say one good thing for Joe ... he DOES make
a point to harass Xi.

Xi will NOT be happy about us sending more arms to Taiwan.
They may stop paying big bucks for Hunter's "art" !!!

BUT, Xi has been ASKING for it lately ....

We need to be SNEAKING in a lot of arms too - especially
the kinds that turn Taiwan into a sort of porcupine
should/when Xi tries to invade. Eval what's been most
useful in Ukraine.

Fighter jets are great, but usually the REAL damage is
done by ground troops. They can totally fuck-up an invasion,
as Vlad has painfully discovered.

I do not THINK Taiwan has any nuclear weapons, but it's had
the sci/tech TO make some for a long time. Using them would
be BAD, a sort of suicidal last-gasp revenge move.

We have kind-of built Ukraine into a porcupine, but
we're playing catch-up there. For Taiwan we need to
be ahead of the curve.

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