Senator Joni Ernst sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin demanding to know why the DoD sent unusable equipment to Taiwan (Breitbart). Taiwan is a strategic ally and the world’s largest producer of computer chips. That the US would send unusable military equipment to such an ally undermines the trust in US friendship…a total disgrace.
Unusable equipment
Expired and mismatched ammunition, moldy gear, things that were “non-mission capable” were sent between November 2023 and March 2024. American taxpayers were on the hook for $700,000 to fix the disaster. It’s incompetence in spades.
The DoD’s delivery of non-mission capable items to Taiwan inhibits the DoD’s ability to achieve its security cooperation goals and risks degrading Taiwan’s confidence in the United States. Read our report here: https://t.co/pbWEVzN3Oj pic.twitter.com/ycJikyJ99h
— DoD Office of Inspector General (@DoD_IG) September 13, 2024
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An evaluation by the Inspector General of the Department of Defense over the unusable equipment stated:
“The DoD did not effectively or efficiently implement accountability and quality controls for items delivered to Taiwan using the Presidential Drawdown Authority. More than 340 pallets of items sustained water damage while they remained at the aerial port of embarkation at Travis Air Force Base for 3 months pending a flight to Taiwan. This occurred because the Army did not request the first Special Airlift Assignment Mission flight for these items until almost 2 months after items were sent to the aerial port of embarkation, and the port was not equipped with sufficient storage capacity or able to fully mitigate the items’ exposure to adverse weather conditions.
(CUI) Additionally, the DoD provided unserviceable and poorly
packaged equipment and munitions to Taiwan. This occurred
because losing units did not always comply with shipping
standards. As a result, Taiwan and the DoD incurred additional
costs to remediate damage to PD items provided to Taiwan.Additionally, the DoD’s delivery of non–mission-capable
PD items to Taiwan inhibits the DoD’s ability to achieve its
security cooperation goals and risks degrading Taiwan’s
confidence in the United States.” DoDIG
It’s not just Taiwan’s confidence in the US. All of our allies in the world now know that this country is run by lazy fools who could care less about international issues or even US issues. They just want power and will do anything to keep it – including destroy the very country they want to oversee.
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