an obvious instance, we urgently wanted to buy F-16 and F-20 fighters from the United States in 1987 to replace our aging F-104s and F-5Es, but this was vetoed by the US Senate due to concerns to "avoid increasing Taiwan's strategic superiority."
最顯著的事例為，一九八七年，我們極欲向美國購買 F-16、F-20 戰機，以取代日益老舊的 F-104 及 F-5E 時，就在「為避免增加台灣戰略優勢」考量下，遭美國參議院否決。