Taiwan’s Lai Unveils Plan for ‘T-Dome’ Air Defense System

Taiwan will speed up building a comprehensive system to protect the self-run democracy from aerial attacks, President Lai Ching-te said, an announcement that comes as the US pushes Taipei to do more to defend itself from China.

The T-Dome program would “establish a rigorous air defense system in Taiwan with multi-layered defense, high-level detection and effective interception,” Lai said in an address on Friday in Taipei marking National Day.