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Blame ‘Global Demand,’ Parts Shortages for Taiwan’s Tardy F-16s, US Says
« on: May 11, 2023, 07:55:09 am »
Blame ‘Global Demand,’ Parts Shortages for Taiwan’s Tardy F-16s, US Says
Lawmakers are frustrated by the delays in arming the island against China.
AUDREY DECKER | MAY 9, 2023
AIR FORCE CHINA INDUSTRY
   
A strained industrial base and the increased demand for weapons around the world are delaying Taiwan’s promised fighter jets, as congressional frustration mounts over efforts to arm the self-governing island against China.

Last Thursday, Taiwan Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng announced that his government would begin taking delivery of 66 new Lockheed Martin F-16s next year, not in 2023 as planned. Chiu said the ministry has asked the U.S. to “make up the deficiency” and that Taiwan still expects to get all the fighter jets by 2026. The jets, which would add to Taiwan's existing F-16 fleet, were ordered in an $8 billion deal in 2019.

Chiu said the delays were due to supply-chain disruptions.

On Thursday, a U.S. Air Force spokesperson confirmed that, and added that rising arms purchases by the world’s militaries were also to blame.

https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2023/05/blame-global-demand-parts-shortages-taiwans-tardy-f-16s-us-says/386134/
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Re: Blame ‘Global Demand,’ Parts Shortages for Taiwan’s Tardy F-16s, US Says
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2023, 07:56:44 am »
If we are to believe the military has the same attitude as Mayorkas has on immigration, then our military is in much deeper doodoo than we know!!!!! :thud:
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The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquility at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize. But as it is easy to foresee that, from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth.  George Washington - Farewell Address
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