Inside Taiwan's plan to deter a Chinese invasion | DW News

As Taiwan runs its largest annual war games this week, we look at its strategy of overwhelming any Chinese invasion force with mass-produced, low-cost drones. It's a defense strategy modeled partly on lessons from the war in Ukraine. Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the Defense Program at the Center for a New American Security, who co-authored a major report on Taiwan's drone defense strategy, tells us whether the plan can really work.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:15 Taiwan's drone defense strategy explained
02:41 Lessons from Ukraine and asymmetric warfare
04:18 How China is adapting to drone warfare
05:33 Danger of focusing too much on drones?
07:25 Drone supply chains and production challenges
09:09 Taiwan's international drone partnerships
10:11 Would Taiwan's 'hellscape' strategy really work?

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