The Taiwan Arms Sales Backlog is a series of monthly updates that tracks the announcement, fulfillment, and delivery of Taiwan’s arms acquisitions via the United States. The arms backlog is written by TSM fellow Eric Gomez.
- Taiwan Arms Sale Backlog, May 2025 Update: Budget Unfreezing Reports Reveal New Information about Delivery TimelinesBy Eric Gomez and Joseph O’Connor The backlog of US weapons that have been sold but not delivered to Taiwan did not see any major […]
- Taiwan Arms Sale Backlog, April 2025 Update: In First 100 Days Trump Sells a Lot of Weapons, Just Not to TaiwanBy Eric Gomez The Trump administration celebrated its 100th day in office on April 30, 2025. Foreign Military Sales (FMS) were not one of the […]
- Taiwan Arms Sales Backlog, March 2025 Update: New SIPRI Data Sheds Light on Partial DeliveriesBy Eric Gomez The backlog of US arms sales announced but not delivered to Taiwan did not change in March 2025. As shown in Figure […]
- Taiwan Arms Backlog, February 2025 Update: Early Trump Admin Arms Sales and Rumors of a Big Request from TaiwanBy Eric Gomez There were no new US arms sales to Taiwan announced or delivered between January and February 2025. The backlog remains $21.54 billion. […]
- Taiwan Arms Sale Backlog, January 2025 Update: F-16 Delays and New ContractsBy Eric Gomez and Joseph O’Connor The US arms sale backlog to Taiwan is slightly reduced from December 2024 thanks to new research conducted by […]