Commercial Technology Vital to Deterrence of Taiwan Invasion: Experts

Commercial Technology Vital to Deterrence of Taiwan Invasion: Experts
Armed military soldiers display the homemade Shooting Simulation System during a press conference of the 2015 Taipei Aerospace and Defense Technology Exhibition at the World Trade Center in Taipei, Taiwan, on Aug. 12, 2015. Sam Yeh/AFP/Getty Images
Andrew Thornebrooke
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The Pentagon will need to more swiftly integrate commercial technologies with military applications if it is to deter China’s communist regime from invading Taiwan, according to two experts.

The rapid pace at which modern technologies are advancing means that traditional defense acquisition processes, which can take decades to develop new systems, are too slow, according to Michael Brown, the former director of the Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit.

Andrew Thornebrooke
Andrew Thornebrooke
National Security Correspondent
Andrew Thornebrooke is a national security correspondent for The Epoch Times covering China-related issues with a focus on defense, military affairs, and national security. He holds a master's in military history from Norwich University.
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