This is why it refused to deliver the AIM-120 missiles until the PLA possessed their own missiles that were just as good. It just assumes that everything sold to Taiwan will eventually end up in PLA hands. ‘What this tells you should be obvious: the US has zero expectation that Taiwan will hold out against the PLA. ‘That’s right, the Taiwanese military needed the permission of the US military to test fire a single missile that they bought from the US 20 years ago. This print is available in multiple sizes from – CLICK HERE TO GET YOURS. The ROCAF first test-fired the AIM-120 at Guam’s Andersen Air Force Base in October 2000, while the second time was at an air force base in Arizona in early 2001. In 2007, the MND purchased 218 more AIM-120s and deployed them in Hualien and Chiayi for its F-16 fleet stationed there.) It was not until China acquired the Russian-made Vympel NPO R-77 missile in 2003 that Washington shipped the AMRAAMs to Taiwan. (The US first agreed to sell 200 AIM-120 missiles to Taiwan in September 2000, but at the time it stored the weapons in Guam. ‘Never mind the F-35, the US wouldn’t even allow Taiwan to possess the AIM-120 AAM that it already bought and paid for.’Īs reported by Taiwan News in fact the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) test-fired an AMRAAM for the first time in Taiwan on May 11, 2021. Nevertheless, the island never placed an order for the F-35 and the sale of the Lightning II to Taiwan might never materialize, as Zack Lu, an aviation expert, explains on Quora.
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