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US approves $100m arms sale for Taiwan to improve missile defence

This handout picture taken on July 15, 2020 and released by Taiwan's Defence Ministry shows a warship launching a US-made Harpoon missile during the annual "Han Kuang" (Han Glory) military drill from an unlocated place in the sea near Taiwan. (Photo by TAIWAN DEFENCE MINISTRY / AFP)

The US State Department has approved a possible $100 million (3.3 billion baht) weapons sale to Taiwan so that the self-ruled island can improve its Patriot missile defence system amid pressure by China, the US government said Monday.

Taiwan expressed its appreciation for the move, with a spokesperson saying it is the second arms sale to the island under the US administration of President Joe Biden.

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