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Taiwan students design drones for mock battle as China threat looms / 36KE9T7
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At a drone testing field in southwestern Taiwan, university students watch anxiously as unmanned aerial vehicles they designed take off, land and, occasionally, crash in a simulated battlefield scenario.
They are taking part in a competition that is helping Taiwan's efforts to boost domestic drone production.
With Beijing sustaining military pressure on the island, Taipei is ramping up investment in unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, as it seeks to bolster a more agile defence against a potential Chinese attack. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES ARRANGED IN SEQUENCES