Taiwan’s Defense Ministry Proposes High-Tech Weapon Deployments on Taiping Island

As tensions rise in the South China Sea, Taiwan could deploy new high-tech weapons on an island it controls

Due to a changing security environment in the South China Sea, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has reportedly made 17 specific proposals to bolster Taiwan’s defensive capabilities on Taiping Island, one of the largest islets in the disputed area. Among the new weapons recommended for deployment are small and medium unmanned aerial vehicles as well as the new indigenously developed Coastal Defense Rocket System (CDRS) and the automated short-range XTR-102.

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