Taiwan Develops Its Own Defense Industry

A handout photograph shows a Taiwan Air Force IDF fighter jet taking off on a highway used as an emergency landing strip during the Han Kuang military exercise in Madou, Tainan, southern Taiwan, April 12. Military News Agency/Reuters

Hard Up For Arms Sales, Taiwan Turns To Its Own Defenses -- Christian Science Monitor

The development in Taiwan’s weapons industry advances its long-term goal of greater military self-sufficiency as the US waffles under pressure from China on whether to continue selling advanced weapons to the island as it has done for decades.

Taiwan’s deployment of a third generation of Brave Wind antiship missiles signals a growing reliance on homemade weapons, which defense officials consider crucial as they worry the United States is backing away from selling advanced weapons to it.

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My Comment: The Taiwanese have no choice .... especially since it is becoming obvious that this U.S. administration is following an inconsistent policy towards international arms sales.