Daily Memo: Arms in Taiwan, Emergency in Ethiopia

Yet another package of equipment has gone to the island nation.

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Arms in Taiwan. The U.S. State Department said it will sell the weapons-ready MQ-9 Reaper drones to Taiwan for the first time. This latest package of equipment includes four drones and a cornucopia of surveillance and communications gear, but curiously no missiles, suggesting this is about bolstering Taiwan’s surveillance chops more than attack capabilities. State […]

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