Funding for drones became much more hotly discussed in the wake of KMT chair Cheng Li-wun’s trip to the United States last month.

Taiwan’s opposition KMT is proposing NT$240bn for unmanned systems days after stalling the government’s plan, in a fight with real implications for the island’s defence.

TAICHUNG: Taiwan needs a “hornet’s nest” of drones to help deter conflict and provide security, the top US diplomat to the democratically governed island said on Thursday. The…