The Aporia · Extra funds push Taiwan’s defence spending past NT$1 trillion for the first time

Lawrence Chung

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🔮 Extra funds push Taiwan’s defence spending past NT$1 trillion for the first time The island’s cabinet approves supplementary budget, with heavy investment in missiles, drones and classified programmes Taiwan’s cabinet approved a supplementary defence budget of NT$145.7 billion (US$4.6 billion) on Thursday, pushing the island’s total defence-related spending for this year above NT$1 trillion for the first time. The additional funding is expected to raise this year’s overall defence spending from 3.32 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to about 3.83 per cent, the highest level in decades.

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Extra funds push Taiwan’s defence spending past NT$1 trillion for the first time The island’s cabinet approves supplementary budget, with heavy investment in missiles, drones and classified programmes Taiwan’s cabinet approved a supplementary defence budget of NT$145.7 billion (US$4.6 billion) on Thursday, pushing the island’s total defence-related spending for this year above NT$1 trillion for the first time. The additional funding is expected to raise this year’s overall defence spending from 3.32 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to about 3.83 per cent, the highest level in decades.

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2026-09-03 · South China Morning Post

Extra funds push Taiwan’s defence spending past NT$1 trillion for the first time · mixed framing

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funding → push → decades

The supplementary budget, which still requires legislative approval, is aimed at plugging gaps left after opposition lawmakers cut NT$470 billion in May from an eight-year NT$1.25 trillion special defence package proposed by the government. uncertain

lawmakers → require → government

Two classified programmes would account for NT$64.5 billion. asserted

programmes → classify → billion

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