Question : Which country has recently(February 2022) approved 100 million dollar deal for Taiwan to upgrade Patriot missile system ?
a. United States
b. Canada
c. UK
d. France
Ans. a.
Related facts —
- United States has recently(February 2022) approved 100 million dollar deal for Taiwan to upgrade Patriot missile system.
- Upgrades to the Patriot air defence system would help improve the security of the recipient and assist in maintaining political stability, military balance, economic and progress in the region.
- The main contractors involved in this deal would be Raytheon Technologies and Lockheed Martin.
- Taiwan’s defence ministry has announced that decision to obtain newer Patriot missiles was made during a 2019 meeting with US officials in the administration of president Donald Trump.
- Taiwan – China relation —
- Taiwan, officially the Republic of China(ROC), is a country in East Asia.
- It shares maritime borders with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest.
- The political status of Taiwan is contentious.
- The ROC no longer represents China as a member of the United Nations, after UN members voted in 1971 to recognize the PRC instead.
- Meanwhile, the ROC continued to claim to be the legitimate representative of China and its territory, although this has been downplayed since its democratization in the 1990s.
- Taiwan is claimed by the PRC, which refuses diplomatic relations with countries that recognise the ROC.
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