Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has proposed a $6.6 billion special budget to acquire over 208,000 coastal attack drones, 1,400 reconnaissance drones, and 1,320 uncrewed surface vessels between 2026 and 2031. This would significantly expand Taiwan’s current arsenal of about 5,000 US-made and domestically produced drones.
In recent military exercises, Taiwanese forces deployed both US-made Altius-600 loitering munitions and Taiwan-made drones to strike maritime targets. Meanwhile, Taiwanese companies are forming international partnerships to sell more drones to the US military and other overseas buyers.
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