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![US needs to invest in cheaper long-range drones for Taiwan scenario, report says](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/05/DJI-Mavic-during-Army-exercise-e1718908206543-225x150.jpeg)
“I don’t know if it’s going to be a fair fight,” said Stacie Pettyjohn, director of CNAS’s defense program and one of the authors of the report. “There are a lot of things that are stacked up against the United States when it’s playing an away game.”
By Valerie Insinna![US approves sale of hundreds of one-way attack drones to Taiwan](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/10/231011_switchblade_launcher_MARTIN-225x150.jpg)
Potential sale comes amid global rush for attack drones and in the wake of Chinese anger over Taiwan’s elections.
By Lee Ferran![China’s defense minister hammers away on Taiwan, says peaceful unification chances ‘eroded’](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/06/240602_dong_iiss_GettyImages-2155064202-scaled-e1717318566828-225x150.jpg)
“Anyone who dares to separate Taiwan from China will only end up in self-destruction,” Adm. Dong Jun, China’s defense minister, said here in remarks liberally sprinkled with aggressive imagery and threats.
By Colin Clark![INDOPACOM deputy calls China ‘equal opportunity bullies’ as PRC practices Taiwan blockade](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/240523_china_taiwan_GettyImages-2153667593-scaled-e1716479447770-225x150.jpg)
The senior American official also addressed the potential for Australia to be drawn into a Pacific conflict.
By Colin Clark![As Taiwan’s new president takes office, report warns of cyber side of China’s ‘long-term’ strategy](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/05/240520_taiwan_president_inaugurated_GettyImages-2153775403-scaled-e1716226254361-225x150.jpg)
“The PRC shows a strategic preference for activities in cyberspace and other domains that gradually bolster its position over an extended period, prioritizing steady progress and cumulative gains over immediate, overt victories,” a report about PRC cyber activities by Booz Allen finds.
By Colin Clark![House approves $95 billion defense supplemental with aid for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/02/240212_ukraine_soldier_GettyImages-1998434098-e1707775233794-225x150.jpg)
The Ukraine bill passed in a 311-112 vote, the Israel bill passed in a 366-58 vote, and the Indo-Pacific bill passed in a 385-34 vote.
By Valerie Insinna![Raytheon awarded sole-source radar upgrade for Taiwan](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2022/08/taiwan-225x150.jpg)
The upgrade will “increase the air surveillance capability for the system. This effort will further enhance the air surveillance mission software capabilities,” an Air Force spokesperson told Breaking Defense.
By Aaron Mehta and Michael Marrow![China fumes at countries that congratulate Taiwan for election that rebuked Beijing](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/08/230807_china_xi_earpiece_GettyImages-1031208300-scaled-e1691431653778-225x150.jpg)
“It is very ‘wolf warrior’ in style and I think it underlines that from Beijing’s perspective, there is no real ‘reset’ or ‘stabilisation of the relationship,'” Malcolm Davis of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute told Breaking Defense.
By Colin Clark![Batten the hatches: Rough times ahead after Taiwan elections](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2024/01/240116_taiwan_pres_elect_GettyImages-1925918009-scaled-e1705427416570-225x150.jpg)
In its presidential election Taiwan may have sent a rebuke to Beijing, but in this op-ed the United States Institute of Peace’s Dean Cheng makes a closer, more nuanced examination.
By Dean Cheng![To better support Taiwan, push Europe’s defense industry to do more for Ukraine](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/10/ukraine-munitions-scaled-e1698624938365-225x150.jpg)
In this op-ed, the Cato Institute’s Eric Gomez argues the US won’t be able to support Ukraine and Taiwan with arms and defense articles indefinitely and that hard choices are on the horizon.
By Eric Gomez![Taiwan to unveil first locally built sub; US, half-dozen countries help with tech](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/09/tempImage5aic4F-e1695816797110-225x150.jpg)
“They’ve managed to do it. That’s the key takeaway,” Euan Graham, China export at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, said of Taiwan building its first submarine. “And they did it against very strong political headwinds that apparently affected the supply of equipment. This is impressive.”
By Colin Clark![‘No easy answers’: Biden admin juggling pathways to send Taiwan weapons, but no line skipping](https://sites.breakingmedia.com/uploads/sites/3/2023/09/230918_taiwan_f16s_GettyImages-1249302776-scaled-e1695069880314-225x150.jpg)
“We have concluded that we’re not able to change the production priorities [for Taiwan]. That would be an easy answer but unfortunately there are no easy answers,” senior State Department official Mira Resnick told Breaking Defense.
By Ashley Roque
Washington could do more to incentivize tech companies to distance themselves from China, but CEOs should examine how they’d react to a fight in the Pacific, CSET’s Sam Bresnick and Emelia Probasco argue.
By Sam Bresnick and Emelia Probasco