Why the Taiwanese F-16 lacks ground armament?

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And apparently, Taiwan has never bought AIM-9L either

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GBU-12 bombs and AIM-9X and AIM-120C missiles

Pretty sure that’s an F-16V

yep

Because it’s an F-16A ADF given the MLUpgrade package, which grants some ground ordnance.
But without more evidence that the MLU package covers more weapon systems, it’s stuck with what it has.

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you’re comparing 2 F-16As wirh different upgrades

F-16A MLU had a Partial refit to use some Ground ordnance

F-16AM was a Full rebuild to F-16C50 standard for most components, thus it gets everything C50 does

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I found this information
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