Telegraph: America se unusable military weapons to Taiwan
The British media reported that the military equipme that the United States delivered to Taiwan was defective and coained expired ammunition.
According to RCO News Agency, according to the report, the United States has se defective military items, including old armored weapons and expired ammunition, to Taiwan. Most of the military equipme damaged due to coact with water was delivered between November 2023 and March 2024.
The English newspaper Daily Telegraph further wrote that these equipmes remained in the port for more than three mohs waiting for air transportation to Taiwan. The U.S. military did not begin requesting shipmes uil the end of 2023 because it was unable to prepare sufficie storage capacity and could not fully preve items from being exposed to adverse weather conditions.
The U.S. Departme of Defense failed to effectively or efficiely impleme quality corol and accouability for items delivered to Taiwan using presideial funds, according to a report released Wednesday.
Therefore, the US Departme of Defense provided unusable and poorly packaged ammunition and equipme to Taiwan. Released photos of the equipme clearly show their damaged pallets and moldy armored hulls as they arrived in Taiwan in 2023.
Staff at the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) said the equipme was wet and full of rust.
According to the report, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense se a letter to the AIT Security Cooperation Office in December 2023 saying that Taiwan had received 2.7 million rounds of ammunition. This included expired, loose ammunition and bullets in incorrect packaging that did not meet shipping standards.
According to AIT, the damaged and ill-fitting boxes of the equipme se gave the impression that the US military was trying to get rid of things it didn’t need.
The National Defense Authorization Act of 2023 authorized the Preside of the United States to withdraw $1 billion from existing Departme of Defense appropriations to provide military assistance to Taiwan.
In July last year, US Preside Joe Biden approved sending $345 million in military equipme and services to help Taiwan. But the delivery of faulty military equipme has resulted in extra costs for Taiwanese officials and weeks of unpacking and drying damp and moldy items.
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