US weighs arms sale to Taiwan: report‘T-DOME’: IBCS would increase Taiwan’s defense capabilities, enabling air defense units to use data from any sensor system and cut reaction time, a defense official saidBy Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writerA defense official yesterday said that a purported new arms sale the US is assembling for Taiwan likely includes Integrated Battle Command Systems (IBCS). The anonymous official’s comments came hours after the Financial Times (FT) reported that Washington is preparing a US$20 billion arms sale encompassing “Patriot missiles and other weapons,” citing eight sources. That would enable Taiwanese air defense units to use data from any sensor system and significantly boost reaction time, official said. Such capabilities would increase defense resilience, as jamming one launcher’s radar would not disable the entire system, they said. “China traditionally has sought to dissuade the US from taking actions it opposes, such as Taiwan arms sales, during the run-up to presidential meetings,” Brookings Institute analytics Ryan Hass was quoted as saying.

Source: Taipei Times February 07, 2026 17:15 UTC