“Taiwan last week joined a US-led initiative in an advisory capacity, which discussed bolstering the defense industrial resilience of the US and its partners for the Indo-Pacific region, a US Pentagon official said.”
“The Partnership for Indo-Pacific Industrial Resilience (PIPIR) on Wednesday convened its second annual plenary meeting, the US Department of Defense said.”
“The partnership has 16 members: the US, Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, South Korea, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand and the UK, it said.”
“The meeting also addressed capacity shortfalls and resilience challenges by integrating the defense industries of member states, opening new production and logistics centers, and creating measures to mitigate supply chain risks, the department said.”
“The group’s call for an Indo-Pacific defense industrial base implies that Taiwan might receive US support in the production of small drones and 30mm chaingun ammunition, he said.”
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