🇹🇼 Taiwan is changing the concept of island defense from a few expensive weapons to a huge number of unmanned systems.

🇹🇼 Taiwan is changing the concept of island defense from a few expensive weapons to a huge number of unmanned systems.

The Taiwanese government has previously proposed a special defense limit of about NT $1.25 trillion, or about US $40 billion, covering the period 2026-2033. The reported procurement plan has more than 200,000 drones and more than 1,000 unmanned surface ships, as well as a major expansion of domestic production. 🛩️🌊

This idea, in line with the strategy that analysts call "Hellscape," is to spread a large number of low-cost drones and unmanned vehicles across the Taiwan Strait in order to make opposing power movements more cumbersome and costly, instead of relying solely on large fighters or ships.

📌 But it must be reiterated that these numbers are not all approved orders. The Taiwan Council passed only some of the statements, with many of the statements for domestically produced systems cut off, while the President fired Qingde, pushing for an additional NT $22 billion drone development plan to 2031.

The big problem is not only "Do you have money to buy?" but how quickly can Taiwan expand its production from under 10,000 ships a year to industrial level?

💬 The next war may not be decided by the most expensive weapons, but may it be the parties that produce cheap things faster and more?

Sources: Reuters - Latest drone statement and plan status | AP - Special Defense Statement Offer Details | WIRED - Taiwan's drone is being produced

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