Get the latest tech news
Taiwan is behind schedule in preparations to fend off Chinese invasion
The government extended mandatory military service and revamped reservist training in an effort to make Beijing think twice. But it’s already falling short.
It may be fiction, but the show’s bleak assessment of Taiwanese readiness to fight touches upon a very real problem facing President Lai Ching-te, who took office in May and whom Beijing considers a dangerous separatist. A select group of one-year conscripts were supposed to be learningto use drones, Kestrel antitank rockets and surface-to-air Stinger missiles but there were not enough trainees this year to begin the training, according to a Defense Ministry officer. “It was a complete waste of time,” said Vincent Tsao, a 30-year-old scuba diving instructor who spent most of his five days of reservist training last week sitting idly inside being taught by retired soldiers who openly acknowledged they weren’t prepared to lead the program.
Or read this on Hacker News
