The US Department of State has approved 8 potential Foreign Military Sales (FMS) cases, with a total value of approximately $11.1 billion, to the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States (TECRO). The packages were subsequently notified to Congress by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), thereby triggering the congressional review period under the FMS procedure.

The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office is the entity that de facto represents Taiwan in the United States, performing functions equivalent to those of an embassy in the absence of official diplomatic relations between Washington and Taipei. US military sales are formally conducted with TECRO, rather than with the Taiwanese Government, in order to comply with the US One China Policy, while at the same time allowing the United States to supply arms to Taiwan under the framework of the Taiwan Relations Act without formally recognizing its statehood.

In detail, the proposed deliveries to Taiwan include: 82 HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems), with 420 ATACMS missiles, 756 M31A2 guided rockets and 447 M30A2 guided rockets, for a total value of $4.05 billion; 60 M-109A7 tracked self-propelled howitzers and an equal number of M-992A3 ammunition resupply vehicles, valued at $4.03 billion; ALTIUS-700M and ALTIUS-600 loitering munitions, for $1.1 billion; 1,545 TOW (Tube-launched, Optically tracked) anti-tank missiles and 24 launchers, for $353 million; 1,050 JAVELIN anti-tank missiles with 70 associated launchers (Javelin Lightweight Command Launch Units, LwCLU), for $375 million; spare parts and support for AH-1W attack helicopters, for $96 million; support and spare parts for in-service HARPOON anti-ship missiles (including the missile radar seeker), valued at $91.4 million; and, finally, “Tactical Mission Network Software, Equipment, and Services” for a total of $1.01 billion.

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