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US approves potential $500m sale of military equipment to Taiwan (www.aljazeera.com)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

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.