The U.S. has sent top-of-the-line equipment to Taiwan for many years, including new F-16s, HIMARS rockets and others. The Foreign Military Sales (FMS) system through which Taiwan obtains most of its U.S.-made weapons treats all foreign customer countries the same, including pricing.
, which the U.S. began deploying in the 1980s, repeatedly proved their reliability and effectiveness in the Persian Gulf War and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, among other conflicts.The MIA2 comes with improved capabilities, including thermal sights, and can shoot two targets simultaneously.
Virtually all U.S. systems are more expensive than comparable systems produced by other countries, including China. According to Cancian, this “partly reflects higher U.S. labor costs, but partly also reflects the more advanced technology and greater capability of U.S. systems.” An FMS program, he said, is comprised of subsystems, spare parts, logistical support and training, among other factors that make direct price comparisons difficult.
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