Taiwan to develop drones to counter China's threat from China

Taiwan will expedite the development of military drones to counter the threat posed by China on the island nation.

What happened to Taiwanese defence ministry on Tuesday, taking into account the lessons of Vladimir Putin'sPutin's war in Ukraine, it would step up development of drones for its military, reported Reuters.

As a result of the present enemy threat and the general experience of drones in the Ukraine-Russia war in order to build an asymmetric combat power for our country's drones, the defence ministry is speeding up research and development and production of various drones, Taiwan Defence Ministry spokesperson Sun Li-fang told the media.

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Sun said that the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, owned by Taiwan's military, is taking the lead in the development of military drones and will include civilian companies.

Ukraine's unmanned aircrafts have played a key role in fighting against Putin's army in Kyiv. The defence minister of the nation has said he viewed drones as the future of modern warfare.

The development from Taiwan comes at a time when Xi Jinping's government in China has been ramping up military and political pressure to try and get Taipei to accept Beijing's sovereignty, including staging war games near the island and launching warplanes into Taiwan's air defense zone.

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