Representative to the United States: Taiwan and the United States have launched a dial

Taiwan's representative of the United States, Yu Da? In an exclusive interview with the US media, in order to alleviate the delay of the US military sales, Taiwan and the United States have begun to talk about joint production and research and development of weapons.Or assembled arms purchased for the United States make Taiwan a part of the military supply chain.

The Diplomat (The Diplomat) published an exclusive interview on Wednesday (October 9).

Aimed at the US-TAIWAN Business Council in September, referring to the Bayeng government's military assistance in Taiwan since 2022, the United States has supported the modernization of the Taiwan military since 2021 in 2021It was also weakened, and Yu Da did not take it seriously. He said that the Bayeng government had announced 16 military sales against Taiwan.The low total military sales are due to Taiwan's change in national defense strategies, and pay more attention to asymmetric combat power, not large -scale platforms. "The drone is small and the price is not so expensive, but it is very practical in modern warfare."

Yu Da admits that based on the supply chain problem and some "technical conditions", for example, it is necessary to create certain platforms based on the "specifications of Taiwan". Taiwan does face delay in the delivery of American weapons.

In order to solve these problems, Yu Da said that he hopes to make new progress in joint production and development of military reserve, which may allow Taiwan to start producing some needed American weapons that need to be produced by themselves.

He said: "We are discussing, maybe some weapons we buy can be produced or assembled in Taiwan, so that Taiwan will become a part of the military supply chain ... it will also solve the problem of delay in the delivery of some weapons."

Yu Da pointed out that solving the delay of the US military sales of Taiwan is "a continuous process", but emphasized that Taiwan and the United States cooperate closely.

The United States announced on September 29 that it provided Taiwan with about $ 567 million (S $ 740 million) for military assistance, setting the highest record for Taiwan military aid.The right to allocate (PDA) provided military aid to Taiwan.