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Toshitaka TAKEUCHI
Department Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Department of Global Studies, Faculty of Global Engagement Position Professor |
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| Language | English |
| Publication Date | 2021 |
| Type | Book(s) |
| Peer Review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Unmanned Aerial Vehicles the Answer for Taiwan's Defense Capability Build-up |
| Contribution Type | Single author |
| Journal | Security Turbulence in Asia: Shaping New Strategy in Japan and Taiwan |
| Journal Type | Another Country |
| Publisher | Taiwan Center for Security Studies |
| Total page number | 131 |
| Responsible for | Pp.111-131 |
| International coauthorship | International coauthorship |
| Author and coauthor | Fu-Kuo Liu, Dean Karaleska, Masahiro Matsumura, Sadamasa Oue, Hon-min Yau, Li-Chung Yuan, Takeuchi Toshitaka |
| Details | Taiwan has no chance to win an arms race with China in conventional arms. Given its budget constraint, it must look for an alternative defense policy, instead of trying to procure high-quality, but big-ticket items (thus fewer in number). After analyzing the Overall Defense Concept as well as the report on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, it is recommended to focus much more on procuring much cheaper drones as a cost-effective alternative in case of China's possible cross-strait operations. |