Overview

• In his National Day address, President Lai called on Beijing to renounce the use of force or coercion across the Taiwan Strait.
• He outlined T-Dome as a multi-layered air-defense effort focused on high-level detection and effective interception to protect civilians and infrastructure.
• The government will propose a special defense budget by the end of the year to accelerate the program.
• No technical specifics were disclosed, and media comparisons to Israel's Iron Dome are based on an unnamed source and remain unconfirmed.
• Beijing offered no immediate response, and Taiwan’s current defenses include U.S. Patriot and domestic Sky Bow systems, with the new Chiang-Kong missile recently showcased.