In the midst of Taiwanese drills off the coast, McCaul swears to correct the Taiwanese weapons delay.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee promised TaiwanPresident Tsai Ing-wen that the United States would fix a defense equipment backlog and get the democratic island nation what it needs to protect itself from Chinese aggression.

Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) led a congressional delegation on a trip to Taiwan, where members of the House told Taiwan’s leaders that the U.S. would attempt to resolve delays in sending the island missiles and rockets it had already ordered, in some cases years ago.

HER ISLAND NATION HAS” Did TO FIGHT ,” THE TAIWAN PRESIDENT SAYS.

The People’s’s Liberation Army was conducting extensive training close to the coast of Taiwan as the discussions took place.

” I sign off on all foreign military revenue, including arms to Taiwan, as the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.” McCaul vowed during a meeting with Tsai on Saturday at Taiwan’s’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” And I promise you, Madame President, we will deliver those weapons.” ” We are making every effort in Congress to hasten these prices and provide you with the tools you require to protect yourself. Additionally, we will train your army for harmony rather than war. Because, as Ronald Reagan once said,” we achieve harmony through power.”

Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, with whom the Washington Examiner met on Monday, was equally concerned about the difficulties in U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.

Every significant conversation between Taiwan and the United States touches on this subject. Wu added,” And I believe the[ Biden ] administration also understands the problem very well, and they assured us that they would try to find creative solutions. What is required just now is not just the asymmetrical kind of arms that we would require. Additionally, it is the conventional methods for handling gray-zone efforts.

Wu claimed that Taiwan had ordered sophisticated F-16 jet fighters and that the Taiwanese military had been debating with the United States the island’s’s need for” asymmetric weapons ,” such as Javelins, Stinger missile launchers, and smart mines. We are already purchasing our own marine systems, Wu continued.

Wu stated that in order to stop China from thinking it could start a quick warfare against Taiwan, it was essential” for Taiwan to be able to support itself.”

It was reportedly require three years for weapons to arrive, McCaul told the Washington Examiner, describing the delays in U.S. weapon deliveries as” very annoying.” Reprioritizing arms sales to Taiwan as a high-threat space or turning to other friends who have extra arms, according to the senator, are two possible solutions.

The struggle, according to McCaul,” is producing the weapons, getting them thither, and training them to perform them.” We’re’re looking at 2025, and I’m’m not sure if we have the luxury of time.” I look at the delivery of some of these weapons systems.”

They kind of understand asymmetrical warfare, but they don’t have these Harpoon anti-ship weapons, which they really need. Instead, they need sea mines all over the head to make it very difficult, and they also need these sea robots, the little ships. McCaul stated that the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act‘s’s objective was to” make them more resilient by an international military financing program to give them greater coastal property.”

Rep. Young Kim( R-CA) stated in the Washington Examiner that” we have questions about the stockpile of weapons to our military commanders and to the military personnel here in Taiwan about what particular weapons they need for the short-term as they plan and prepare for a possible blockade or possible anger from China.”

She cited the Arms Exports Delivery Solutions Act, which aims to hasten Taiwan’s’s service of U.S. defense supplies. What are the arms that we can sell immediately so that China understands that Taiwan is fully prepared, she said, is the right question to ask.

We are doing everything in our force to hasten the arms sales, the Texas Republican declared during a news conference on Friday.

We all agree, in my opinion, that this must be done immediately in order to deter Taiwan from promoting love in the area. We need to dry Taiwan because peace through strength is true, according to McCaul. ” We want to take every precaution to prevent communist China, a very competitive country, from even considering setting foot on this lovely island.”

The Washington Examiner reported that Rep. French Hill( R-AR ), a member of the House Intelligence Committee,” strongly believes that we should be giving them the defensive weapons and training that facilitate and enhance their own efforts, domestic defense industry, and domestic military strategy.”

The National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, a Taiwan state-affiliated protection organization under the supervision of the Taiwan Defense Ministry, was visited by the congressional delegation on Friday, giving them an overview of that home protection sector.

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A senior NCSIST professional informed the House members that the industry, which employs 10,000 people, already works on submarine technology and develops anti-air, air to air, and ship missiles, leading to sizable stockpiles. For some of the essential supplies parts, he claimed, the enterprise required” assistance from the United States.”

McCaul received the highest score among the members of Congress during the minitour, which also included a video assessment, an exhibition of Taiwanese weaponry, and the chance to test out savage fighting simulation.