Taiwan tests next-generation armed drone by Gabriel Honrada SOURCE: Asia Times

 

Taiwan is faced with a sense of urgency to develop its indigenous defense industry to implement its porcupine strategy and reduce its reliance on US arms shipments.

Also,he high demand for these weapons has raised concerns from US lawmakers that the US might end up not having enough of them for its own needs. The result is that weapons shipments to Taiwan may be pushed down the list of US priorities, as the latter may opt to fulfill its own military requirements and those of Ukraine before Taiwan.