Taiwan Shows Off New Drones, Boasts of Drone Army Plan to Fight China

China has a lot of drones, but Taiwan will use drones in “asymmetric warfare”?

Where is the asymmetry?

Reuters:

Taiwan showcased new models of its domestically produced military drones on Tuesday, saying they are key to its “asymmetric warfare” capacity to make its forces more agile if they have to face a far larger Chinese military.

China, which has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control, has ramped up military activity near the democratically governed island to force it to accept Chinese sovereignty despite Taiwan’s objections.

The war in Ukraine has lent new urgency to Taiwan military’s efforts to bolster defence including a push to develop drones.

In a rare display of its drone capabilities, the military-owned National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), showed off its latest models, including the Albatross II surveillance drone, and combat drones that operate with global positioning system satellites.

NCSIST head Art Chang said the war in Ukraine had focused attention on drones, and his institution had teamed up with Taiwan companies to build a “national team” to develop military drones.

Taiwan’s military has announced a partnership with companies aimed at producing 3,000 drones next year.

Chi Li-Pin, director of Aeronautical Systems Research Division for NCSIST, said the armed forces should increase their adoption of drones in their strategies.

“I hope our national troops can familiarise themselves with this weapon of asymmetric warfare and use them boldly,” he told reporters at an NCSIST facility in the central city of Taichung.

President Tsai Ing-wen has championed the idea of “asymmetric warfare” to make Taiwan’s forces more mobile and harder to attack.

The island’s defence ministry said in a report to parliament this week, a copy of which was reviewed by Reuters, that China was quickly building up its combat capacity with drones, including swarms of flying robots.

It is totally insane to talk about Taiwan somehow fighting a war with China.

Just look at a map:

China has a billion and a half people, all of them against “Taiwan independence.”

Furthermore, the majority of Taiwanese people are against “Taiwan independence.”

The Ukraine war functions on the fact that the people there are total peasants, and they will believe moronic claims from Zelensky that Russia invaded because they want to just murder everyone there in the name of mean-spiritedness. Taiwanese are not going to believe that about China, and that means they are not going to fight.

This whole plan is stupid.

The US is suffering from a crisis of competence.

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