Taiwan showcases new portable attack drones amidst growing China tensions.
Taiwan has unveiled its first portable attack drone, similar to the US-made Switchblade 300 used by Ukrainian soldiers, amid rising military pressure from China. The single-use drone, designed to be carried in a backpack, can stay in the air for 15 minutes and has a maximum flying distance of 10 kilometres. Taiwan is also developing larger versions of "suicide" attack drones. Allies have urged Taiwan to adopt an asymmetric "porcupine strategy" to make it hard for China's larger military to invade, which emphasises purchasing comparatively inexpensive and mobile weapon systems and training civilians to fight.