ไต้หวันอนุมัติ 5.7 แสนล้าน “ตั้งรับจีนรุกราน” ลุยซื้อยุทโธปกรณ์-แจกเงินประชาชน

ภาพประกอบ – Taiwan has approved special funding to strengthen “national resilience” that includes money for more ships and drones, underscoring a push by President Lai Ching-te to better counter China’s aggression. The NT$550 billion approved on Sept 11 includes NT$150 billion for boosting the self-ruled archipelago’s defences, the Cabinet said in a statement on Sept 11. /president.gov.tw/

ไต้หวันอนุมัติ 5.7 แสนล้าน – ภาพประกอบ – The sale of armed MQ-9 Reaper drones, as seen in Afghanistan, is likely to anger China. The spending would help “increase our combat readiness”, Defence Minister Wellington Koo said at a briefing in Taipei, “while also strengthening our reserve force training and one-year mandatory service training”. [File: Omar Sobhani/Reuters]

ไต้หวันอนุมัติ 5.7 แสนล้าน – ภาพประกอบ – An aircrew flying an MQ-9 Reaper drone aircraft to scan fires in California. The NT$550 billion approved on Sept 11 includes NT$150 billion for boosting the self-ruled archipelago’s defences, the Cabinet said in a statement on Sept 11, listing items like new patrol vessels and drones. Funds would also go towards industries hit by US tariffs and cash handouts. [US Air National Guard/Senior Airman Crystal Housman/Handout via Reuters]