While the US may wind down its record-setting constant stream of defense aid to Ukraine in the opening months of the Trump administration, American-made high tech weapon systems flowing to Taiwan look to increase.

That’s according to a new Financial Times report, which says Taiwan is mulling signing onto a new US weapons package worth over $15 billion. It’s being seen as a way for the self-ruled island to send an unmistakable message to the Trump administration that it’s serious about defending itself from a potential Chinese invasion.

Such a massive package is said to include 60 F-35 fighter jets and 400 Patriot missiles, along with ten retired warships, and four Advanced Hawkeyes – which is a sophisticated surveillance and reconnaissance plane equipped with the most advanced airborne radar in the world.

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