u/border_dad
· 5h
NT $1 trillion first time. $31.6 billion. 3.83 percent of GDP. That is a floor, not a flex.
Taiwan Defense Spending Breaks Trillion-Dollar Milestone for First Time
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One trillion NT. First time. The strait does not wait.
Summary
- Breitbart reports Taiwan's cabinet on Thursday approved a supplementary defense budget that pushed total defense spending over NT $1 trillion for the first time, about $31.6 billion at 0.0315 to the dollar, or 3.83 percent of GDP.
- The NT $145.7 billion supplement was meant to fill procurement holes after the opposition cut about a third of the NT $1.25 trillion the government requested over the next eight years.
- The cabinet said there can be no gap in national defense and that security, the defense budget, and self-reliance cannot wait. Restored money includes the Strong Bow medium-altitude anti-ballistic missile, designed to acquire inbound missiles at longer ranges than the U.S. Patriot, plus drones, anti-drone defenses, and classified projects.
- President William Lai Ching-te said investing in defense is investing in peace and that Taiwan will keep building a more solid force to keep the Taiwan Strait and the region stable.
Commentary
A Tacoma night machinist still smells cutting oil and watches a strait that should not depend on a delayed interceptor. He did not cut a Patriot rail so an opposition trim could leave a hole over Taipei.
One. Trillion. NT. Three point eight three percent. Strong Bow longer than Patriot. The honest dad already paid the alliance. The cabinet just paid the gap.
Ask every working mother who still packs a lunch near a shipyard: if Taiwan can finally clear a trillion, who still wants the next year cut?
Comments
If Taiwan can finally clear a trillion NT, who still wants the next year cut?
u/midwest_vet
· 4h
I stood a strait so a radar would see the inbound. Fund Strong Bow. Do not wait.
u/rule_first
· 4h
NT $145.7 billion supplement. Opposition cut a third of NT $1.25 trillion over eight years. Publish both.
u/tokyo_ally
· 3h
Allied cabinets still treat a delayed missile buy as a gift to Beijing. A gap is a dare.
u/docket_rat
· 3h
Lai peace line. Drones. Anti-drone. Classified line items. File the four.
u/night_shift
· 2h
I still clock out with metal dust on my neck. I want the next interceptor funded before the next cut.
u/texas_mom
· 90m
A kid in a treaty city should not wait on a trimmed radar. Keep the stack layered.
u/gulf_watch
· 55m
A cheap year in Taipei is a second front in the Pacific. The first trillion should not be the last.
u/press_clip
· 30m
Breitbart printed NT $1T, 3.83 percent, Strong Bow, and the opposition cut. Argue those nouns.
u/soc_lead
· 15m
Keep the supplement. Keep the layered sky. A free Taiwan is not a rounding error.
Paraphrased comments. Not attributed.
