MND HOPES DEFENSE BUDGET TO BE 3% OF GDP NEXT YEAR|馮世寬:國防經費成長目標 近GDP3%

Yesterday at the Legislative Yuan, Minister of National Defense Feng Shih-kuan was asked to summarize the biggest problems identified in the Quadrennial Defense Review. The Minister stated the need to increase the national defense budget and the recruitment of voluntary soldiers in the face of Taiwan's low birth rate. He hoped that the defense budget can increase to nearly 3% of the national GDP next year. After the release of the Quadrennial Defense Review, the Minister of National Defense Feng Shih-kuan made a presentation in the Legislative Yuan. When asked to summarize problems identified in the QDR, he stated the insufficient defense budget and new recruits. ==JOHNNY CHIANG KMT Legislator== What's the biggest defense issue over the past four years? ==FENG SHIH-KUAN Defense Minister== It should be the need to increase our defense budget. (The need to increase?) Yes. Also, in the face of a low birth rate, we need to work harder to recruit new people into the military. Ideally, the defense budget should be close to 3%. It should be higher than this year's. We will work harder. The Ministry of National Defense's decision to change the defense strategy from "effective deterrence" to "multi-domain deterrence" was also questioned by a Legislator Tsai Shih-ying. ==TSAI SHIH-YING DPP Legislator== The new strategy is to deter, defeat, and annihilate the enemy at sea, isn't it the same as the previous strategy? ==FENG SHIH-KUAN Defense Minister== We emphasize flexible deployment. For instance, if the enemy comes from a certain direction, we will gather our forces instantly to gain the upper hand and fight off the enemy. On the issue of Trump Administration's potential sale of additional missiles for F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, the Ministry stated that it will take regional threats and military request into a thorough consideration before making the decision. TRANSLATED BY：LUKE CHIANG 國防部長馮世寬今天到立法院進行報告及備詢。立委詢問他，總檢討中，最大問題是什麼？馮世寬強調，一個是國防經費有增加的空間，另一個則是少子化下，募兵兵源的問題，也強調，希望明年的國防預算，能成長到接近GDP的3%。 新政府上任10個月後，國防部首度公布四年期國防總檢討報告書，國防部長馮世寬上午到立院國防委員會專案報告及備詢，立委質詢到，四年總檢討中，覺得最大的問題是什麼？馮世寬強調，是國防經費和募兵兵源。 ==國民黨立委 江啟臣 vs 國防部長 馮世寬== 四年來 國防的問題 最大的在哪裡 就是我們國防的經費 還應該有增加的空間 對 還有增加的空間 對 第二個就是少子化以後 我們對於募兵的兵源 我們要做 更多的努力 （國防預算)我們想能夠接近3% 要比今年好 我們就會做更多的努力 由於國防部將「國防戰略」，由過去的「防衛固守，有效嚇阻」，調整為「防衛固守，重層嚇阻」，用詞引發立委的追問，也質疑台灣是否有辦法製造重層嚇阻？ ==民進黨立委 蔡適應== 他如果要來的時候 你才拒敵於彼岸 殲敵於海上 毀敵於水際 殲敵於灘岸 那不就是防衛固守嗎 ==國防部長 馮世寬== 我們怎麼樣子做一個 彈性的運用 譬如說 我們講一個方向 我們能夠很快的 兵力集中 很快的形成優勢 成為一個打擊的力量 對於美台軍售議題上，由於傳出美國川普政府是否會軍售給台灣，掛載在F-16戰機上的新式配備飛彈。國防部強調，會按照地區性的威脅，和建軍備戰的需求，審慎評估與考量。 記者 陳佳鑫 張梓嘉 台北報導