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Chen unveils DPP's platform on national security

WHITE PAPER The DPP's presidential hopeful has made public the details of a policy which would slash the numbers of personnel serving in the armed forces, while boosting financial resources allocated to high-tech weaponry

By Lin Chieh-yu  /  STAFF REPORTER

"We are all aware of the importance of information technology in military conflicts and therefore Taiwan should be allocating more resources to develop high-tech hardware, such as spy satellites," he said.

Simultaneously, Chen appealed to his rival presidential candidates to offer their specific national security policies, instead of wasting time in what he termed "a war of words."

"As a presidential candidate, one should not hide [a potentially vote-losing] policy behind an ambiguous stance," Chen said.

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