Aviation Company Wants To Help Taiwanese Military Monitor Chinese Incursions

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A local aviation company wants to help Taiwan's military track Chinese ships around Taiwan, as Taipei pushes a "whole-of-society" approach to defense.

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00:00Using a powerful radar device attached to the bottom of their plane, this crew tracks ships

00:08at sea, primarily Chinese ones. Now, they want to provide their findings to Taiwan's military

00:17to help counter Chinese threats.

00:30Apex Aviation, which runs a small Taiwanese flight school and charter service, is proposing

00:45this idea at a time when Taiwan's government has been pushing what it calls a whole-of-society

00:50resilient strategy. That means Taipei is increasingly turning to civilians and private

00:55companies to help strengthen the country's defense, as Taiwan's waters and airspace face

01:00growing incursions from China. As part of the initiative, Taiwan's military has started working

01:06with companies to produce items like drones. But the military says it has no plans to work

01:12with Apex, saying it can monitor China's activities on its own. Experts say Taiwan needs the kind

01:18of surveillance Apex offers, but allowing a private company to run it might pose some

01:23legal questions.

01:25This is a巡邏機. It's used to use enforcement. Enforcement can be offered to private sector,

01:36which is to conduct private sector. It will have a discussion space in the law.

01:43So while a deal hasn't been made with this particular company, it does offer a glimpse into how private

01:48companies could jump in to help in a potential conflict with Beijing and the unique considerations

01:54that may come with those partnerships. Justin Wu and Keynes Quaranta for Taiwan Plus.

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