The New York Times, citing sources, indicated that the administration of US President Joe Biden has stepped up its efforts to strengthen Taiwan’s defense capabilities, taking into account the experience of supplying weapons to Ukraine. She explained that “the US authorities hope to ‘strengthen their military presence’ in the region to ‘try to repel a possible attack by the Chinese military,’ and to this end, the US leadership has ‘intensified its efforts to strengthen Taiwan’.” defensive capabilities.

According to current and former US administration officials interviewed by the newspaper, the United States “is committed to achieving the goal of turning Taiwan into a ‘pig’ (Hystrix). The newspaper pointed out that US administration officials are calling Hystrix “the region is rife with weapons” and other forms of American support, and an attack on them could be very painful.

According to the publication, for this purpose, the United States promised to sell Taiwan F-16 fighter jets, missile launchers and anti-ship weapons. As with Ukraine, the US can provide intelligence and intelligence information to Taiwan.