Taiwan must address to defend against a potential Chinese invasion.
-Drawing lessons from Ukraine’s battlefield experience, the report urges Taiwan to significantly expand its drone arsenal, strengthen satellite communications to counter cyber and electronic warfare threats, and enhance conscription training.
Lt. Col. Thomas Wolfe, the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group deputy commander, performs preflight checks on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 1, 2016. The 421st EFS, based out of Bagram Airfield, is the only dedicated fighter squadron in the country and continuously supports Operation Freedom’s Sentinel and the NATO Resolute Support missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Rau)
-While Taiwan has made progress, such as forming a National Drone Team and improving its garrison forces, the report suggests these efforts may be insufficient.
-With China increasing pressure, Taiwan must accelerate its military modernization, embrace cognitive warfare strategies, and ensure readiness for a possible full-scale conflict in the near future.
Taiwan Prepares for War: Drones, Satellites, and Conscription in Focus
To hold the line against an aggressive China, Taiwan will have to commit to a holistic force restructuring, embrace cognitive warfare, and invest in drones – lots and lots of drones.
Those are some of the lessons from a new report released in December from the Navy-affiliated think tank Center for Naval Analyses (CNA).
The report highlights a phrase now in common use on Taiwan: “Ukraine today, Taiwan tomorrow.” It’s clear that the self-ruled nation understands the gravity of a potential attack of annexation from China. However, the report’s authors raise questions about whether, even so, the country is doing enough to prepare for the increasingly anticipated assault.
