Taiwan’s Advanced Defense Fighter Is Undone By Cost and Politics

Group gathered around Advanced Defense Fighter

ROCAF members briefed new Taiwanese President William Lai (in suit and tie) on the ADF.

Credit: Taiwan Defense Ministry
China’s increased belligerence toward Taiwan may have taken its first casualty: Taipei’s ambition to develop a homegrown fifth-generation combat aircraft. The ambitious program was part of a wider vision under former President Tsai Ing-wen to harness Taiwan’s technical expertise to reduce its...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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