Taiwan's parliament is set to hash out a law for military drone spending, with the ruling party and opposition fighting over how the money should be controlled rather than whether to fund drones at all.

• On the 20th, lawmakers will negotiate 14 competing versions of a bill governing unmanned vehicles for the military.
• The Cabinet wants a special standalone law and says backing the military means backing its version — and accuses the opposition of blocking drone funding.
• The opposition KMT says that's a false attack: the drone budgets already passed the legislature, so the "opposition is blocking defense" script fell apart.
• The KMT wants funding handled through the normal yearly budget so parliament can check spending, results, and local-manufacturing progress each year — and says its own plan is even bigger than the Cabinet's.

Outlook: The rival bills go to cross-party talks on the 20th, and the real fight is over budget control and oversight, not whether Taiwan builds drones.