(Institute for the Study of War)
Taiwan Special Defense Budget: Taiwan’s main opposition parties are preventing Taiwan from acquiring systems critical to modern warfare, including drones and integrated air defenses.
PRC lessons from modern wars: The PRC is selectively extracting lessons from contemporary conflicts to support investments in AI-enabled swarm technology. The PRC could use AI-enabled swarm technology to overwhelm advanced air defenses in Taiwan and US military infrastructure in the Indo-Pacific during a conflict.
