There were multiple developments in US security assistance to Taiwan in September 2024, but the size of the arms sale backlog did not change from the previous month. The topline figure for the Taiwan arms sale backlog remains $20.5 billion. New information that came to light in September about several of the largest arms sale cases in the backlog is good news for Taiwan, but none of the arms sale cases completed delivery. Figures 1 and 2 show how the backlog is divided between munitions, asymmetric capabilities, and traditional capabilities. Table 1 shows an itemized list of backlogged capabilities. New Maintenance Sale One new arms sale to Taiwan was notified to Congress in September 2024, but this sale is not included in our dataset because it is for maintenance.
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- Taiwan Arms Backlog September 2024 Update New Maintenance Sale and Details of Troubled PDA Transfer 1
- There were multiple developments in US security assistance to Taiwan in 1
- September 2024 but the size of the arms sale backlog did not change 1
- September about several of the largest arms sale cases in the backlog is 1
- Figures 1 and 2 show how the backlog is divided between munitions 1
- New Maintenance Sale 2
- One new arms sale to Taiwan was notified to Congress in September 2024 3
- On September 16 the Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified 3
- Congress of a 228 million sale of aircraft spare parts . We do not consider 3
- This most recent sale brings the Biden administrationʼs total maintenance 3
- Trump administration sold more traditional capabilities like F16s and 3
- Abrams tanks but these are more vulnerable to Chinaʼs armed forces. 3
- Initial Deliveries of Large Arms Sales 3
- In good news for the backlog press reports from Taiwan indicate that 3
- The first of 66 newly built F16 aircraft a sale notified to Congress in 2019 3
- The Liberty Times reported that equipment for ground-based Harpoon 3
- 100 and 128 missiles out of 400 is expected in 2026. It is unclear if the 3
- Finally a report by Taiwanʼs Central News Agency on the armyʼs plans to 3
- 108 should arrive in December 2024. Similar to the F16s the tanks were 3
- Our monthly updates to the backlog dataset will make note of these 3
- Presidential Drawdown 3
- The final development in US security assistance to Taiwan is new 3
- PDA. Weapons sent through the PDA are drawn from existing US 3
- In July 2023 the United States announced a PDA package for Taiwan 3
- A September 2024 report by the Department of Defense Office for the 3
- Inspector General IG reveals worrying information about the July 2023 3
- While a second larger PDA package is good news for quickly getting 4
- China as the pacing threat . 4
- Taiwan Arms Backlog Dataset September 2024 4
