Taiwan builds drone industry park to shed Chinese supply chain

Taiwan is establishing a dedicated drone industry park designed to develop a domestic unmanned systems supply chain independent of Chinese-sourced components. The initiative responds to security concerns about the infiltration of Chinese parts into military-grade drone platforms and aims to build sovereign production capacity for UAS hardware, including sensors, electronics and structural components. The move aligns with Taiwan's broader defense industrial strategy to reduce strategic dependency on adversary-linked supply networks amid growing cross-strait tensions.