Taiwan News
Date: 2018/10/30
By: Central News Agency
Taiwan’s national defense will be built on a dual-development system that focuses on
Vice Minister of Defense Chang Guan-chung (By Central News Agency)
both indigenous system development and foreign arms sales, Vice Minister of Defense Chang Guan-chung (張冠群) said Monday.
“We are standing at a time when Taiwan is marching towards self-reliant defense,” Chang said in a speech addressing the opening ceremony of the U.S.-Taiwan Defense Industry Conference 2018 in Maryland.
But he stressed that the strategy would not exclude the participation of foreign suppliers.
“Our focus in pushing self-reliant defense over the past two years is the development of main systems. That being said, we still seek the participation of both domestic and foreign companies in developing sub-systems and critical modules through market mechanisms,” he said. [FULL STORY]
