Could destroy half of any Chinese invasion force

And China is not happy

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The Trump Administration has  announced plans for a huge  

new weapons sale to Taiwan,  worth 2.4 billion dollars.

And if you're saying, hey Chris, didn't you just  report that last week? No, you're confusing this  

week's 2.4 billion dollar weapons sale with  last week's 1.8 billion dollar weapons sale.

In fact, the Trump Administration has been  selling so many weapons to Taiwan lately,  

it's getting a bit hard to keep up.

This is the second arms deal in  a week and the ninth approved by  

the State Department since Donald  Trump became president in 2017.

But this isn't just up to the State Department.  Arms deals also need to be approved by Congress.  

So these two latest weapons sales have  been sent to Congress for a 30-day review. 

It shouldn't be a problem, since there  is bipartisan support for arming Taiwan.

And this latest weapons sale is a doozy. 

It, “includes 400 Harpoon anti-ship missiles, 100  launcher transporters, radar and support systems.”

The Harpoon anti-ship missile is a subsonic  weapon with a range of about 78 miles.  

It's not just an anti-ship missile though. It  can also strike missile launch sites or ports.  

Taiwan already has Harpoon missiles,  but those are launched from submarines,  

ships and aircraft. This new one is a land-based  system that basically fills in the gaps. 

So, should a Chinese invasion force  come across the Strait of Taiwan,  

the Harpoon missiles would be able to strike  Chinese invasion forces, as well as the ports  

they're launched from, and any of the hundreds of  missiles China has permanently aimed at Taiwan.

The Chinese Communist Party is  obviously very upset that the US is  

mucking up their invasion plans for  Taiwan. China has said it will impose  

sanctions on US defense manufacturers  Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon.

These companies probably aren't too  worried, though. Lockheed says that  

China provides “considerably less  than 1%” of the company's revenue.

And while Boeing does a lot of business in China,  

the Chinese sanctions would only be on Boeing's  defense unit, which does not do business there. 

I mean, China wouldn't want to  sanction the entire company, because  

China kind of needs all of the planes  that Boeing is building for them.

Meanwhile “China's defence  ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang  

said the US arms sale to Taiwan could not  work and would only lead to a dead-end.”

And he's right. It will lead to a dead  end. For any Chinese invasion force.

Taiwan is saying the new weapons  would give it the capability  

to destroy half of any invading Chinese force.

What about the other half? I guess  that'll be America's job. Maybe.

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