Photo: CNACiting the TPP’s budget for buying HIMARS as an example, Huang said that the bill fails to fund vehicle depots, and maintenance and repair facilities, as well as combat positions necessary to keep the artillery operational. The ministry’s budget proposal was written after careful assessment of operational realities, he said, adding that enacting the TPP’s bill would lead to problems. The armed forces would not be able to field the systems if the TPP’s bill were passed, Hsieh said. “The DPP is using national defense and Taiwan-US ties as a pretext to pass a NT$1.25 trillion special budget to benefit foreign arms manufacturers,” it said. The DPP caucus urged opposition lawmakers to allow the government’s budget to be deliberated concurrently with the TPP bill.

Source: Taipei Times January 27, 2026 16:05 UTC