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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 | 2024/09 |
| 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 | Enhancing East Asian Security Cooperation |
| Journal Type | Another Country |
| Publisher | World Scientific |
| Total page number | 268 |
| Responsible for | pp. 211-233 |
| Authorship | Lead author |
| Author and coauthor | Sadamasa Oue, Kuo Tzu-Yung, Michael Lubina, Hon-min Yau, Alexandre Calvo, Li-Chung Yuan |
| Details | Taiwan cannot match up with China's growing military might in a conventional symmetric way. Therefore, Taiwan has no choice but to prioritize asymmetric defense capabilities. In the Taiwan Strait naval battles, the best defensive option Taiwan has is drones, especially of the one-way attack kind against much superior Chinese naval forces. |