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Taiwan would purchase up to 400 US land-launched Harpoon missiles in response to China’s growing threat, Bloomberg News said on Monday, citing the chairman of a trade association and people familiar with the situation. A $1.17 billion deal for 400 of the anti-ship missiles was revealed by the Pentagon on 7 April; the customer was not named, but it was said that manufacture was anticipated to be finished by March 2029. According to Bloomberg, Taiwan was the buyer. The Pentagon declined to comment directly on the deal, but said: “The United States makes available to Taiwan defence articles and services...
