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Koizumi weighs crossing the lines between Japan's three SDF branches as recruits run short
TaiwanDefence · 5h ago · 3 min read
US tells visiting South Korean lawmakers the wartime control transfer deal still stands
TaiwanDefence · 7h ago · 3 min read
India nears a deal to sell the Philippines about 60 more BrahMos missiles
TaiwanDefence · 8h ago · 3 min read
Why Malabar 2026's sub-hunting focus matters more for Taiwan than the Quad summit optics
TaiwanDefence · 9h ago · 4 min read
Why China's dark-ship coast guard probes at Pratas matter more than the expulsion count
TaiwanDefence · 10h ago · 4 min read
Cross-Strait
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Prosecutors say May Chin followed Beijing on defence votes as lawmakers warn of secrets risk
Taiwan's High Prosecutors Office sought 14 years for the independent legislator, alleging CCP-directed work against arms buys; DPP lawmakers warn she still sits on committees with defence access.
TaiwanDefence · 1d ago · 2 min read
Koo says US arms sales to Taiwan stay on track after Democrats win Congress
Taiwan's defence minister answered midterm questions on 5 November by stressing bipartisan congressional support and a ministry plan to keep Foreign Military Sales timing intact.
TaiwanDefence · 1d 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 · 3d 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 · 3d ago · 3 min read
Analysis & Commentary
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Why Malabar 2026's sub-hunting focus matters more for Taiwan than the Quad summit optics
Malabar 2026 opened on 5 November with the Quad navies rehearsing submarine hunts while China kept more than 100 ships at sea around Taiwan's approaches.
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Why China's dark-ship coast guard probes at Pratas matter more than the expulsion count
On 31 October 2026 a Chinese coast guard ship ran dark into Pratas restricted waters, the 13th such entry this year, and analysts say the real test is supply access.
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Why CENTCOM's unmanned surge matters more for Taiwan as a joint-force scaling template
In November 2026 the Pentagon said Central Command received more than 25,000 unmanned systems this year, a fielding it frames as the start of joint-force scaling toward the Pacific.
Army
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Army special training centre puts combat divers through final water tests
Eight trainees faced bound flips, underwater kit drills and an eight-kilogram side swim before the 115-2 combat diving class could graduate and take the badge.
TaiwanDefence · 1d ago · 2 min read
Air Force
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Air Force locks 8 November Chihhang window for second F-16 Block 70 batch
Air Force media notice on 7 November 2026 set an 8 November Chihhang landing window for three Block 70 jets, serials 6729, 6731 and 6732, after Koos soon remark.
TaiwanDefence · 22h ago · 3 min read
Taiwan's air defence missile chief Liu Hsiao-tang to retire as succession race opens
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Air ForceTaiwan's air force reports a trainer hard landing and an F-16 stuck on a runway on the same day
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Air ForceUS Air Force hires CAE to keep Taiwan's F-16 training simulators running until 2032
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Industry
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US Navy and Marine logistics chiefs inspect HD Hyundai's Ulsan yard and discuss a third ship repair job
Senior US Navy and Marine Corps officials toured the Ulsan shipyard on 4 November and reportedly discussed repairs on a third US ship and the MASGA plan.
TaiwanDefence · 4h ago · 3 min read
AIDC says military drones and aircraft stay on a non-red supply chain after China-parts claim
18h ago
IndustryLawmakers unfreeze 74 defence budget items while Stinger LOA and NASAMS stay stuck
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IndustryKoizumi tells Japan's arms makers to hold spare wartime capacity as first industry strategy takes shape
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Indo-Pacific
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Japan's defence minister says population decline makes staffing hard, then tells academy cadets that people, not only submarines, underpin defence.
TaiwanDefence · 5h ago · 3 min read
US tells visiting South Korean lawmakers the wartime control transfer deal still stands
7h ago
Indo-PacificIndia nears a deal to sell the Philippines about 60 more BrahMos missiles
8h ago
Indo-PacificTeodoro says Philippine Marines are too small and need new bases as he rejects China's Batanes claim
14h ago