U.S. airmen stand by a U.S. Air Force drone in March 2016. Unmanned vehicles are considered key to deterring a Chinese attack on Taiwan. © Reuters
Nikkei Asia: U.S. defense industry plans first Taiwan trip in four years
Contractors to explore co-production of drones and ammunition
WASHINGTON -- Around 25 U.S. defense contractors plan to send representatives to Taiwan in early May to discuss joint production of drones and ammunition, US Taiwan Business Council President Rupert Hammond-Chambers told Nikkei, as Washington explores various options to help bolster the island's defenses.
The delegation will be led by Steven Rudder, the retired commander of the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific. This would be the first large group of envoys focused specifically on the defense industry to visit Taiwan from the U.S. since 2019.
In addition to talks with representatives from the Taiwanese defense industry, it is looking to meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
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Update: US Arms Industry Planning First Taiwan Trip in Four Years (Antiwar.com)
WNU Editor: The U.S. arms industry may want to sell more weapons to Taiwan, but they should get rid of their backlog of arms deliveries to Taiwan first .... Slow arms deliveries to Taiwan blamed on US production bottlenecks (Defense News).
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Russia 'bombs church' in Ukraine on Orthodox Easter Sunday as Putin and huge security team join worshippers at service in Moscow led by top bishop ally of the president
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At least 50% of that $145Bn expenditure will be wasted on bureaucratic bullshit, unproven tech, clever ideas that don't work out, and systems that look cool on paper but have little practical use. At a time when we desperately need to shore up our maintenance and support infrastructure the idiots in the DoD are dicking around with new tech that will probably take decades to mature and become cost effective. But that's much more sexy than simply doubling down on systems that are already mature, and WORK. While we're working on insanely expensive ideas, and retiring perfectly good legacy systems to pay for it, China is busy building relatively basic, inexpensive front-line systems on a MASSIVE scale.
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