Taiwan ‘prepared’ for Venezuela-style attack: MNDBy Chen Yu-fu and Hollie Younger / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNATaiwan’s armed forces have established response protocols for a wide range of sudden contingencies, including the “Wan Chun Plan” to protect the head of state, the Ministry of Defense (MND) said today. Vice Minister of National Defense Hsu Szu-chien, center, speaks to reporters before a meeting at the legislature in Taipei today. At the legislative committee meeting on this year’s unreviewed defense budget, Hsu told lawmakers that Venezuela’s weapons, obtained from China and Russia, proved to be far inferior to US weapons. Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Wu Ping-jui (吳秉叡) said that the opposition's continued blocking of a proposed NT$1.25 trillion (US$39.829 billion) special defense budget bill would impact national security. Each day that the defense budget is delayed consumes precious preparation time, it added.

Source: Taipei Times January 05, 2026 09:13 UTC