Telegraph: America sent unusable military weapons to Taiwan
The British media reported that the military equipment that the United States delivered to Taiwan was defective and contained expired ammunition.
According to RCO News Agency, according to the report, the United States has sent defective military items, including old armored weapons and expired ammunition, to Taiwan. Most of the military equipment damaged due to contact with water was delivered between November 2023 and March 2024.
The English newspaper Daily Telegraph further wrote that these equipments remained in the port for more than three months waiting for air transportation to Taiwan. The U.S. military did not begin requesting shipments until the end of 2023 because it was unable to prepare sufficient storage capacity and could not fully prevent items from being exposed to adverse weather conditions.
The U.S. Department of Defense failed to effectively or efficiently implement quality control and accountability for items delivered to Taiwan using presidential funds, according to a report released Wednesday.
Therefore, the US Department of Defense provided unusable and poorly packaged ammunition and equipment to Taiwan. Released photos of the equipment 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 equipment was wet and full of rust.
According to the report, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense sent 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 equipment sent 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 President of the United States to withdraw $1 billion from existing Department of Defense appropriations to provide military assistance to Taiwan.
In July last year, US President Joe Biden approved sending $345 million in military equipment and services to help Taiwan. But the delivery of faulty military equipment has resulted in extra costs for Taiwanese officials and weeks of unpacking and drying damp and moldy items.
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