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Premier orders investigation into why Chinese drones were used in National Day show

Premier orders investigation into why Chinese drones were used in National Day show

2022-11-09

For this year’s National Day celebrations, the night sky above Chiayi was lit up with hundreds of drones forming the national flag. The show delighted spectators, among whom was President Tsai Ing-wen herself. Now, a KMT lawmaker is slamming the event, saying the drones posed a security risk, as they were made in China.

Lu Ming-che (Nov. 8)
KMT lawmaker
I can’t believe that the people at the central government were stupid to this extent with the drone show. The drones in the formation were made in Shenzhen, in mainland China. They’re the new generation model of drones, the EMO model.

The lawmaker says the frame, batteries, control system and flight patterns were all made in China, saying the only Taiwanese thing about them was the power source. He says the fact is an embarrassment for Taiwan.

Lu Ming-che (Nov. 8)
KMT lawmaker
You get a drone in Kinmen and rush to destroy it at all costs. But you get 500, or 600 drones flying above the president and the legislative speaker, and nobody knows it. You treat the drones as part of Team Taiwan. This is not our country. It’s a national disgrace.

Su Tseng-chang
Premier
If that’s the case, then it may be better to not have a show at all.

Premier Su Tseng-chang said an investigation would be launched to find how the Chinese drones had ended up in the celebration. Separately, the minister of defense dispelled concerns that the availability of China-made civilian drones in Taiwan could pose a security risk if the military were to use them.

Chiu Kuo-cheng
Defense minister
Our military drones are developed by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology. We can use civilian drones too, and we have incorporated some into the military. But in that case, there are several rules. The first is that they cannot be made in China. The second is that anything related to classified information must follow our regulations.

Chang Chung-cheng
National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology
The National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology has strict rules. We don’t allow Chinese funding or China-made products.

The defense minister and the military R&D center said there was no risk of China-made drones accidentally making it into Taiwan’s defenses.

中國無人機登國慶晚會? 蘇揆震怒:寧可不要有這表演

2022-11-09

今年國慶晚會在嘉義盛大登場,數百架無人機隊排出巨幅國旗,讓總統蔡英文等人相當驚豔,但國民黨立委魯明哲卻指出,這些無人機從機體、電池到控制系統,全部來自對岸,直指5、600架無人機在總統頭上飛卻不知道,是國家之恥,對此行政院長蘇貞昌震怒要求徹查,強調寧可不要有這種表演。

今年國慶晚會在嘉義舉行,其中最受矚目的,就是在空中排出巨幅國旗的無人機隊表演,包括總統蔡英文都在現場欣賞。不過,立委卻爆料,表演現場的無人機其實是來自對岸。

[[立委(國) 魯明哲(11.08)]]
“我不相信,已經納入(無人機)國家隊的政府會傻到這種地步,原來它是中國深圳(生產)的群飛無人機,最新一代叫做EMO”

國民黨立委魯明哲說,從機體、電池、控制系統、飛行圖樣等全是中國製造,只有"電"是台灣的,直言這根本是國家之恥。

[[立委(國) 魯明哲(11.08)]]
“你在金門有一台(無人機),大家要拚了命把它打下來。5、600台在總統,在我們立法院院長頭上飛,大家不自知,你把他們當成國家隊,這不是國家,這是國家之恥”

[[行政院長 蘇貞昌]]
“這怎麼一回事,你寧可不要有這個表演”

蘇揆震怒要求徹查,外界也擔憂對岸無人機入侵台灣市場對軍用無人機會不會造成影響。

[[國防部長 邱國正]]
“只要是軍規的,由中科院製作,民間可以運用的,我們也就納入,但納入一定有條件,第一個不能用中國製品,第二個保密的方式,要依據我們的規定”

[[中科院院長 張忠誠]]
“我中科院的釋商,嚴格管制就是不准有中資、中國的產品來進入”

中科院掛保證,絕不會有中資介入。

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