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Taiwan coast guard drives four Chinese ships from Kinmen waters in rough seas
TaiwanDefence · 2h ago · 2 min read
Lai ties Strait peace to strength as liberals back Taiwan maritime cooperation
TaiwanDefence · 4h ago · 2 min read
Japan's finance ministry says a bigger defence plan should not rely on new bonds
TaiwanDefence · 5h ago · 2 min read
Why Czech drone makers talking assembly lines in Taiwan matters more than forum optics
TaiwanDefence · 7h ago · 3 min read
Why NCSIST's first international Aegis Cup matters more for Taiwan's cyber force than for weekend trophies
TaiwanDefence · 10h ago · 3 min read
Cross-Strait
More →Taiwan coast guard drives four Chinese ships from Kinmen waters in rough seas
On 6 November 2026, Coast Guard boats one-to-one shadowed China Coast Guard hulls 14604, 14530, 14608 and 14531 until they left Kinmen restricted waters at 11:13 a.m.
TaiwanDefence · 2h ago · 2 min read
Lai ties Strait peace to strength as liberals back Taiwan maritime cooperation
The president said Taiwan is investing in asymmetric forces and societal resilience, while Liberal International urged Indo-Pacific states to share maritime monitoring with Taiwan.
TaiwanDefence · 4h ago · 2 min read
Navy
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Taiwan's marines plan their first gun turrets built to shoot down drones
The Marine Corps wants two 30 mm automated turrets for NT$93m next year as Taiwan's military adds hard-kill weapons to its mostly jamming-based drone defences.
TaiwanDefence · 1d ago · 3 min read
Taiwan's navy takes its new ARD-7 floating repair dock to sea for the first time
The CSBC-built dock, due for handover by 30 November, will replace the 70-year-old ARD-6 that flooded and sank inside Zuoying naval harbour in May 2025.
TaiwanDefence · 1d ago · 3 min read
Analysis & Commentary
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Why Czech drone makers talking assembly lines in Taiwan matters more than forum optics
On 30 October 2026, former Czech Chamber speaker Marketa Pekarova Adamova told Taipei that battle-tested Czech drone firms are ready to move production lines to Taiwan.
TaiwanDefence
Why NCSIST's first international Aegis Cup matters more for Taiwan's cyber force than for weekend trophies
On 5 November 2026, Taiwan's state missile institute named DEF CON regulars for Tainan finals that Liberty Times says already feed the Information, Communications and Electronic Force.
TaiwanDefence
Why writing the six assurances into US law would matter more for arms sales than for symbolism
A Taipei panel and Taiwan People’s Party lobbying after the 2026 midterms revive the Six Assurances to Taiwan Act. The real test is whether statute can limit executive pauses on already approved weapons.
Army
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Kinmen troops fire tanks and artillery at sea and air targets in quarterly Taiwu drill
Taiwan's Kinmen Defense Command ran its fourth-quarter Taiwu live-fire exercise with M60A3 tanks, howitzers and mortars against simulated landings and special-forces raids on the front-line islands.
TaiwanDefence · 1d ago · 2 min read
Taiwan's M1A2T tanks fire in the military's joint live-fire evaluation for the first time
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ArmyTaiwan dealer brings Rheinmetall MAN military truck to compete for the army's NT$23bn truck buy
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ArmyTaiwan says it will stick with new M109A7 howitzers and denies a US offer of rebuilt older guns
2d ago
Air Force
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Taiwan's air force reports a trainer hard landing and an F-16 stuck on a runway on the same day
A student's T-34 trainer was damaged landing at Gangshan and a hydraulic fault left an F-16 stranded at Ching Chuan Kang; no one was hurt.
TaiwanDefence · 1d ago · 3 min read
US Air Force hires CAE to keep Taiwan's F-16 training simulators running until 2032
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Air ForceTaiwan's second batch of new F-16 Block 70 fighters heads for Hawaii on the way home
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Air ForceTen C-130Js would retire Taiwan's oldest Hercules as the US starts work on the request
29 Oct 2026
Industry
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Koizumi tells Japan's arms makers to hold spare wartime capacity as first industry strategy takes shape
Japan's defence and industry ministers met major contractors on 4 November and set out plans for reserve production lines, export-led output and a new state agency.
TaiwanDefence · 14h ago · 3 min read
US Navy orders more Poseidon upgrade kits for American and Australian sub hunters
16h ago
IndustryTaiwan drone firm AerosoarX signs deal to help Ukrainian defence company UFORCE source parts
1d ago
IndustryTaiwan lawmakers freeze NT$10bn of extra drone funding as committee review of defence top-up ends
1d ago
Indo-Pacific
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Japan rolls out an emergency cyberdefense package with active defence tools
Takaichi government adds specialist teams, AI vulnerability hunting and Defense Ministry support for national-security incidents after a wave of data breaches.
TaiwanDefence · 25m ago · 2 min read
Japan's finance ministry says a bigger defence plan should not rely on new bonds
5h ago
Indo-PacificPakistan test-fires Fa'az, its first home-built air-to-air missile, from a JF-17 fighter
15h ago
Indo-PacificAustralia, Japan and the US close a two-way underwater drone link at Keen Sword
18h ago