Mr William Lai said building up Taiwan’s deterrence was key. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TAIPEI - Leading Taiwan presidential candidate William Lai said on Thursday he would hasten military reforms to make the armed forces agile and capable of withstanding conflict, but stick to the objective of ensuring that war was an “unthinkable option”.
Taiwan’s vice-president and a candidate for the ruling Democratic Progressive Party , Mr Lai has consistently led the majority of opinion polls ahead of the January election.Ms Tsai is overseeing a modernisation programme, focused on “asymmetric warfare” to make the island’s forces more mobile, agile and harder to attack, while developing longer-range missiles and building stealth warships and a fleet of drones.and pointed to Ms Tsai’s policies, including greater defence spending.
“We will transition to an asymmetric fighting force with greater survivable, agile and cost-effective capabilities,” he added. Mr Hou Yu-ih, the presidential candidate of Taiwan’s main opposition party, said this week he would reverse an extension of compulsory military service set for January, adding that he would ease tension with China, making the extension unnecessary.
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