Biden signed an executive order to send weapons to Taiwan under emergency authority
The transfer is done under the Presidential Drawdown Authority, the same mechanism Washington uses to send weapons to Ukraine
Previously, US presidential administrations have approved those shipments, and the emergency authority is invoked for the first time.
This aid package worth up to $345 million is the first tranche in a total of $1 billion, that was allotted to this purpose this year.
Administration declined to publicly provide details on the arms they sending.
But earlier it’s been said that the package was expected to include four unarmed MQ-9A reconnaissance drones, yet their inclusion could be canceled. As officials was working out details of removing advanced equipment from the drones that only the US Air Force was allowed to use.
