From China earlier, objection to the new sales:
Reuters with the report:
Three of the planned seven weapons sales had been approved by the U.S. State Department
- a truck-based rocket launcher made by Lockheed Martin Corp called a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS)
- long-range air-to-ground missiles made by Boeing Co called SLAM-ER
- and external sensor pods for F-16 jets that allow the real-time transmission of imagery and data from the aircraft back to ground stations
A further four weapons systems wanted by Taiwan remain under consideration, not yet announced.