A pending sale of F-16 fighters, Abrams tanks, anti-armor and anti-aircraft missiles, to Taiwan drew rebukes from Beijing but also set off alarms on the island about its ability retain talent and develop home-made defenses, one of its leading security experts said Wednesday. I-Chung Lai, president of the Taiwan-based Prospect Foundation, said the large arms, aircraft and ship sales of the 1980s and again in the 1990s inadvertently set off “a brain drain” from the island and threatened its defense industrial base. “Our capabilities and talents started to filter away” to Korea, he said while speaking at the Heritage Foundation. … Continue reading Experts Say Arms Sale to Taiwan Answer Defense Needs, But Spur New Questions