A Taiwanese Air Force F-16 flies on the flank of a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force H-6 bomber.
A US$62 billion figure announced by the Pentagon on Friday is the upper limit of numerous contracts if all potential foreign customers placed their maximum desired number over the decade. The spokeswoman, Hua Chunying, said at the time that her government was urging the US to “refrain” from selling the “fighter jets to Taiwan and stop arms sales to, and military contact with, Taiwan. Otherwise, the Chinese side will surely make strong reactions, and the US will have to bear all the consequences.”
The US Navy sent an aircraft carrier strike group to the South China Sea on Friday to conduct maritime air defence operations. The new F-16s are being assembled at Lockheed’s new facility in Greenville, South Carolina, which opened in April 2019.
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