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Does Iranโ€™s wartime resilience offer any lessons for Taiwan?

Iranโ€™s ability to sustain missile and drone strikes despite heavy US-Israeli attacks has sharpened a debate in Taiwan: if the islandโ€™s air defences were degraded in the early stages of a conflict with mainland China, could it still keep fighting? The answer from officials, lawmakers and analysts was cautious but clear. They said the island could be resilient โ€“ but only if it shifted away from a missile-heavy defensive mindset towards a more integrated, cost-effective and survivable system. Even...