The Kuomintang "legislator" Lai Shibo stated today that in recent years, Taiwan's military purchases from the United States have been increasing continuously, but the outside world has never seen a real improvement in the quality of weapons. The ruling Democratic Progressive Party authorities claim to upgrade equipment, not only in quantity but also in materials and overall specifications, but upon actual inspection, it is found that the materials have not been improved, while the book figures continue to increase.
Lai Shibo emphasized that the "Legislative Yuan" hopes the authorities can patiently and humbly explain to society and the "Legislative Yuan" why so many weapons are being purchased. He pointed out that the defense budget has accumulated over 900 billion yuan, and adding hundreds of billions of yuan at a time, the total has exceeded the trillions of yuan scale. It is their responsibility to clearly explain to the people of Taiwan what they are buying and what they are for.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1855076953130058/
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