US Approves Nearly $2 Billion Foreign Military Sales To Taiwan, With NASAMs Implementation Requiring Assignment Of 60 US Personnel

The implementation of the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems "will require the assignment of approximately twenty-six U.S. Government and thirty-four contractor representatives".

WASHINGTON/TAIPEI - The United States has approved possible foreign military sales of up to nearly $2 billion USD to Taiwan which includes AN/TPS-77 and AN/TPS-78 Radar Turnkey Systems and 3 National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems and related equipment and accessories.

Photo: National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS). Credit: Soldatnytt Attribution (CC BY 2.0)

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A statement by the Defense Security Cooperation agency said that although the radar systems will "not require the assignment of any additional U.S. Government or contractor representatives to the recipient", the implementation of the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems "will require the assignment of approximately twenty-six U.S. Government and thirty-four contractor representatives to travel to the recipient for an extended period for equipment de-processing and fielding, system checkout, training, and technical and logistics support".

Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States – AN/TPS-77 and AN/TPS-78 Radar Turnkey Systems