Taiwan downplays report on delayed U.S. weapons shipments

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) on Tuesday said all of its arms purchases from the United States are proceeding "within a controllable range," after a U.S. media report claimed the backlog of American weapons bound for Taiwan was approaching US$19 billion.

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