I’ll go out on a limb here and suggest:
Taiwan doesn’t want any F-35’s because they probably know better than anyone that if they buy them, China has all the compromised data they need to blow them out of the sky, courtesy of Obama.
“Taiwan doesn’t want any F-35’s because they probably know better than anyone that if they buy them, China has all the compromised data they need to blow them out of the sky, courtesy of Obama.”
Nope. They think Uncle will save them. Seriously. There’s this weird theory floating around that if military dependents like Taiwan are lost, the USD and the US economy will collapse. It’s common to Korea, Taiwan and a bunch of other countries that rely on US security guarantees. Based on these strange premises, they believe the US will always come to the rescue, no matter what, which is why for many of them, their defense spending as a % of GDP is lower than the US’s. Even the Australians are spending a pittance (1.6% of GDP).
Also, if you really need a fighter, the F-35 isn’t what you want.