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Description: Play Conflict of Nations for FREE on PC or Mobile: 💥 con.onelink.me/kZW6/DefenseUpdatesApril01 Thanks to Conflict of Nations for sponsoring - Receive an Amazing New Player Pack, only available for the next 30 days! The US State Department has approved the potential sale of Patriot Missile Systems related equipment to Taiwan. The deal is worth $95m. The Pentagon said in a notification to Congress, that the approval covers the training, planning, fielding, deployment, operation, maintenance and sustainment of the Patriot Air Defense System and associated equipment, “This proposed sale serves US national, economic, and security interests by supporting the recipient’s continuing efforts to modernize its armed forces and to maintain a credible defensive capability” It added, “The proposed sale will help to sustain the recipient’s missile density and ensure readiness for air operations. The recipient will use this capability as a deterrent to regional threats and to strengthen homeland defense.” China stated it ‘Strongly Opposes’ the move. In this video Defense Updates analyzes why China is so irked by the U.S.'s Patriot Air Defense System deal with Taiwan? #DefenseUpdates #USvsChina #TaiwanvsChina CHANNEL LINK: Facebook - facebook.com/DefenseUpdates SUPPORT US: Patron: patreon.com/defenseupdates AUDIO: scottleffler.com BACKGROUND MUSIC incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html "Giant Wyrm" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 IMAGES USES wikimedia.org / United States Department of Defense commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Pentagon_January_2008.jpg nbcnews.com / Todd Maisel / NY Daily News via Getty Images nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-sending-troops-saudi-arabia-shows-short-range-air-defenses-ncna1057461 Google Map maps.google.com defencetalk.com / DoD News photo by Tech. Sgt. Brian Kimball defencetalk.com/us-sends-two-patriot-missile-batteries-to-poland-pentagon-78358 raytheonmissilesanddefense.com raytheonmissilesanddefense.com/what-we-do/counter-uas/sensors/global-patriot-solutions defensenews.com / Officer Candidate Sebastian Apel /German Air Defence Missile Group 24 defensenews.com/land/2019/05/03/state-dept-clears-25-billion-sale-of-patriot-missile-defense-system-to-bahrain taiwannews.com.tw / AP taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4026948 npr.org / Andy Wong/AP npr.org/2021/11/11/1054646063/china-xi-jinping-communist-party