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Taiwan says long-delayed deliveries of advanced US weapons are back on track, including MQ-9B drones and F-16V fighter jets. Senior defense officials attended a handover ceremony in the United States for two of four drones and visited an F-16 production line now operating at full capacity.

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00:00Taiwan says long-delayed deliveries of advanced U.S. weapons are back on track.
00:05Senior defense officials traveled to the U.S. for a handover ceremony for two of four MQ-9B drones purchased
00:12from Washington.
00:13They also visited an F-16 production line, saying that with output now at full capacity, 66 fighter jets will
00:22begin arriving this year.
00:23Taiwan faces a rising threat from China and has complained about delays to its weapons purchases.
00:29The progress comes as lawmakers prepare to debate over new proposed defense spending bills.
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