US Undersecretary of Defense Elbridge Colby speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington on Tuesday. “We are also focused on delivering military hard power readiness, not only to US forces, but also to allies and partners, with less focus on significant rhetorical statements,” Colby said. “Hence deterring a conflict over Taiwan, ideally by preserving military overmatch, is a priority,” he said. “We will also maintain our long-standing declaratory policy on Taiwan, meaning that the United States does not support any unilateral change to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait,” he added. The US Congress has played an important role over the past year in facilitating significant arms sales to Taiwan, and that this was an important part of the Trump administration’s policies, Colby said.

Source: Taipei Times March 04, 2026 16:31 UTC