Year 1972 - US sold F-5E to Taiwan. Year 1992 - US sold F-16 A/B block 20 to Taiwan. Year 2019 - US sold F-16 C/D block 70 to Taiwan. Average procurement cycle - 20++ years. US Gov does not care which one is Ruling Party in Taiwan - Green/Red/White/Blue/Yellow.... Rule of Thumb - US Public Law 96-8 and One China Policy upheld by US Gov against Taiwan. No dual engines air-fighters to Taiwan - No F4, No F-15, No F-18 and No F-35 in year 2024 now. Wait for year 2039, after 20++ year of Year 2019. Taiwan may have a chance to get an old combat technology but new device sold to Taiwan. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 96-8, H.R. 2479, 93 Stat. 14, enacted April 10, 1979) is an act of the United States Congress. Since the formal recognition of the People's Republic of China, the Act has defined the officially substantial but non-diplomatic relations between the US and Taiwan.
Year 2015, the no-brain Taiwanese said all F-16V upgrading-development program sponsored by Taiwanese Taxpayers money for USD 5.8 billion since US Gov did not have funding for it. After year 2015 spending & rumor did by Taiwanese , Taiwan did not get any F-16V core technology in year 2024 but only certified on the retrofit project : Upgrade from F-16 A/B Block 20 to F-16 A/B (V) project. The USD $5.8 billion spent on the skill by Taiwan is getting nothing on the F-16V core technology which worst than South Korea/Japan/Singapore/Israel to get the Air-Fighters core technology from LM (F-16 C/D & F2) and Boeing (F-15 and F-35 A/B). End of day, Taiwan just a cheapo labor retrofit-assembly factory without knowing any F-16V combat technology at all.
Taiwan navy home made corvette by Commercial maritime Engines for Coast Guards usage as below, it is not a Navy-Military grade engine, do not expect it too much in terms of capability and endurance. Rolls-Royce awarded contract with Taiwanese Coast Guards for engines MTU Series 8000
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@@juweikwen4030 Taiwan Navy home made corvette will use GE's LM2500 gas turbine engine, not commercial marine engine.