The US has approved the sale of four sophisticated drones to Taiwan, which will help Taipei to spot Chinese preparations for an attack.
The sale of the drones is the final aspect of a weapons package worth nearly $4.8bn. US defence experts said the deal was vital if Taiwan was to deter an invasion or counter a blockade by the vastly more powerful People’s Liberation Army.
The MQ-9B Sea Guardian unmanned aerial vehicles are the maritime surveillance variant of the Reaper drone the US Air Force has used in Iraq and Afghanistan for more than a decade.
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