As Beijing steps up what Taipei views as ¡°gray zone¡± harassment in a bid to challenge Taiwanese sovereignty, the island¡¯s military said in its latest national defense report that it is drawing lessons from the war in Ukraine in its efforts to counter China.
Released Tuesday, the indicated that Taiwan¡¯s National Defense Ministry is learning from Kyiv¡¯s defensive strategy, including the effectiveness of asymmetric operations and the need to improve decentralized command capabilities.
It also pointed to an ongoing push by the self-governed island to increase resilience and self-sufficiency, prioritize the domestic defense industry and beef up its ¡°all-out-defense¡± capabilities by acquiring less-conventional weapons, realigning its forces and promoting a whole-of-society defense approach.
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