Tracking Number: 242813
Title: "Congress Formally Notified of F-16 Sale to Taiwan."
Defense Department statement announcing the formal notification to the US Congress of the sale of 150 F-16 fighters to Taiwan. (920914)
Date: 19920914
Text:
*EPF106
09/14/92 *
CONGRESS FORMALLY NOTIFIED OF F-16 SALE TO TAIWAN (Text: Defense Department release of 9/14) (290)
Following is the text of the September 14 press release in which the Pentagon announced the formal notification to the U.S. Congress of the sale of F-16 jets to Taiwan:
(begin text) Congress has been notified of a proposed Letter of Offer from the Coordination Council for North American Affairs (CCNAA) for the purchase of 150 new production F-16A/B aircraft, 40 spare aircraft engines/modules, 900 SIDEWINDER and 600 SPARROW air-to-air missiles, 500,000 rounds of 20mm cartridges, spare and repair parts, technical documentation, U.S. Government and contractor technical and logistic services, personnel training, and other related elements of logistics necessary to ensure full program support. The estimated cost is $5.8 billion.
This sale is consistent with United States law and policy as expressed in Public Law 96-8.
The purchaser will use these aircraft to maintain its current defensive capability and will have no difficulty absorbing this equipment into its armed forces. The sale of this equipment and support will not affect the basic military balance in the region.
The prime contractor will be General Dynamics Corporation, Fort Worth, Texas. Implementation of this sale will not require the assignment of any additional U.S. Government personnel overseas but will require approximately 30 contractor representatives overseas for a period of four years to coincide with delivery and operational check out of the aircraft upon delivery.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this sale.
The Department of the Air Force is responsible for all transactions related to this sale.
(end text)
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File Identification: 09/14/92, EPF106
Product Name: Wireless File
Product Code: WF
Keywords: CONGRESS, US-FOREIGN AFFAIRS; ARMS TRANSFERS; MILITARY TECHNOLOGY;
MILITARY CAPABILITIES; MILITARY AIRCRAFT; TAIWAN/Defense & Military; TAIWAN-US RELATIONS; GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION
Document Type: TXT
Thematic Codes: 1EA
Target Areas: EA
PDQ
Text Link: 242813
USIA Notes: *92091406.EPF
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