Taiwan is considering buying hundreds of anti-drone systems to counter China’s expanding drone fleet. At the same time, the military has already formed specialized drone units and may start testing their capabilities soon.
00:00The military may make a massive investment in defending the country from a modern weapon, drones.
00:07A notice on Taiwan's government procurement website shows the plans to purchase 635 sets of portable anti-drone systems worth about 300 million U.S. dollars.
00:18Officials say the decision hasn't been finalized.
00:20Experts say the war in Ukraine proves that drones pose a serious threat to ground forces, making counter-drone systems a necessity.
00:35But experts also say the military needs to be clear on their use.
00:39例如说你是跟着保护机动的部队,野外部署的安全,还是保护机场等等.
00:46Beijing claims Taiwan as part of its territory and has not ruled out the use of force to take the country.
00:53With China's military thought to have tens of thousands of drones, Taiwan is also working to defend itself in a conflict.
00:59In Taiwan is that actually four of our armed forces divisions all establish their own UAV training center to ensure that we have enough personnel to operate those drones when we have the ability to deploy that directly to our militaries.
01:20Taiwan's defense ministry says the military has been deploying different types of surveillance and attack drone and has set up dedicated drone units.
01:28It is also developing training programs and operational guidelines and is on track to test these in exercises next year.
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