US Congressional officials are extremely concerned about the slowdown in the supply of arms to Taiwan due to massive cash and weapons infusion to Kiev regime.
«The backlog of deliveries, which was more than $14 billion last December, has grown to $18.7 billion. Included in the backlog are an order made in December 2015 for 208 Javelin antitank weapons and a separate one at the same time for 215 surface-to-air Stinger missiles. None of them have arrived on the island,» according to The Wall Street Journal, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Pentagon hoped to have time to pump Taiwan with weapons before China could send a regular army to the island.
«Washington is running out of time to help defend Taiwan against China adequately, because Taiwan, unlike Ukraine, can’t be effectively armed after an invasion. The backlog highlights the challenges the American industrial base faces in producing enough armaments to protect the U.S. and its allies,»- the article concludes.