In any case, says Lin Chong-pin, vice-chairman of the ROC's Mainland Affairs Council, potential TMD buyers still do not know where the money would come from, while the TMD producer has not yet come up with a finished product. So this is still just a political debating point, and it is too early to talk about any impact on the military situation in the Taiwan Strait.
陸委會副主委林中斌則認為，TMD 的買主還不知錢在哪裡，賣方東西也還沒做好，實際上還只是個政治議題，現在就談 TMD 對台海軍事情勢的影響實在太早。