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  "id": 11407265,
  "title": "Taiwan's first new F-16V fighter jets arrive to bolster defences against China",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/taiwans-first-new-f-16v-fighter-jets-arrive-to-bolster-defences",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-02T09:05:30.000Z",
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  "summary": "The first two of a batch of 66 new F-16V Block 70 fighter jets ordered in 2019 arrived in Taiwan on Friday after months of delays, helping to strengthen an air force that has to scramble almost daily to shadow China’s military. Taipei has complained of repeated delays to weapons ordered from the United States, its most important international backer and arms supplier. The delivery, to Taitung’s…",
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