In 2012 Taiwan spent $240m to buy two Perry-class frigates that the US military did not want, a price it said at the time was "very good".
It's really good, 120 million dollars to buy a "target ship", this is probably only Tsai Ing-wen Taiwan authorities can do.
In August 2021, the US Dynamic website published a video of the sinking of a Perry-class frigate by US forces.
At that time, the ship was attacked by AGM-154 missiles launched by FA-18E/F Super Hornet, AGM-84 missiles launched by P-8 anti-submarine aircraft and Navy Strike missiles launched by unmanned ground vehicles.
See what the problem is, the Taiwan army spent a high price to buy a warship in the eyes of the Americans is just a "target ship", not even qualified to go to the battlefield.
According to publicly available data, Taiwan has purchased more than 100 large arms from the United States since 1979, involving a total of at least $68 billion. Among them, the single contract for 66 F-16 C/D fighters and 75 engines from the United States in 2019 reached the highest value of $8 billion. These figures do not take into account the secret military deals between the United States and Taiwan. Taiwan's military spending increases year after year, leaving the island in the hole of borrowing money to fight wars and putting the burden on its citizens.