Ministry to launch integrated anti-drone technology

Defense officials yesterday said that they expect to launch critical systems by the end of next year to integrate counter-drone capabilities across the armed forces and complete an interface to coordinate military and non-military counter-drone operations.At a meeting of the Legislative Yuan’s Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Wang Ting-yu (王定宇) said this year’s Han Kuang military exercises, which began yesterday, would include drone warfare and counter-drone drills.However, he highlighted a lack of integration among counter-drone systems across military branches and between the non-kinetic, or “soft-kill” systems used by the armed forces, the coast guard and government-funded companies that operate critical infrastructure. Minister of