In February 2019, [Indian officials presented the alleged wreckage](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7bw2kHkOXc) of an AIM-120C5 AMRAAM missile as evidence that Pakistan used an F-16 in the shooting down of IAF jets (as only an F-16 could fire such a missile from the Pakistani side), and hence they shot down one of them.

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Pakistan's Foreign office dubbed India's claim as "[completely baseless](http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2019/mar/10/indias-claim-of-shooting-down-paf-f-16-fighter-jet-completely-baseless-pakistan-foreign-office-1949270.html)".

Interestingly, the missile wreckage has a serial number which ([according to a report](https://www.acq.osd.mil/dpap/cpic/cp/docs/USA002235-10_Complete%20Foreign%20Military%20Sales.pdf) prepared by Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense of Pentagon, dated 26 July 2010, signed by [Frank Kendall](https://dod.defense.gov/About/Biographies/Biography-View/article/602725/frank-kendall/), and submitted to the Chairman of Committee on Armed Services: [Carl Levin](https://www.congress.gov/member/carl-levin/L000261)) was sold to **Taiwan** by the USA. More interestingly, the spelling of the name "Taiwan" was written as ["**Tiawan**"](https://tribune.com.pk/story/1920385/1-fact-checking-missile-shown-indian-generals-sold-taiwan/), but otherwise the letter and the information seems to be legitimate.

Secondly, there was [not much row seen from the US-side](https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/09/india/india-pakistan-jet-intl/index.html) regarding the incident.

Was the debris shown, an authentic piece of missile wreckage? If yes, how did a missile sold to Taiwan end up in Indian hands?