Originally Posted by Shiva_TD

There is a simple logic question for people to answer. If you were the president of a sovereign nation (and Taiwan's government considers itself a sovereign state) and you were being threated by a nation that was far superior to you with both arms and manpower, what would you do? Would you:
a) develop arms that could overcome the superiority of your enemy.
b) do nothing and allow your enemy to invade and occupy your nation.

I would suggest that it is the responsibility of any government to choose option a. The defense of the nation against invasion is the primary function of the government.