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Japan warns defence firms of deep order cuts as Tokyo eyes a smaller five-year military budget
TaiwanDefence · 1h ago · 3 min read
Philippine Navy commits most of its Manila-based fleet to guard the ASEAN summit
TaiwanDefence · 2h ago · 2 min read
L3Harris stages a live battle network demonstration in Taiwan, linking AI targeting and drone defences
TaiwanDefence · 3h ago · 3 min read
France offers to help Vietnam build its own frigates as a French warship visits Hai Phong
TaiwanDefence · 4h ago · 3 min read
Taiwan charges drone maker Align's founder with hiding Chinese chips in military drones
TaiwanDefence · 5h ago · 3 min read
Cross-Strait
More →Taiwan charges drone maker Align's founder with hiding Chinese chips in military drones
Prosecutors say the T-REX helicopter firm's founder and his wife supplied four military drone orders with Chinese parts and scrubbed their markings to pass inspection.
TaiwanDefence · 5h ago · 3 min read
Taiwan opens an ocean survey centre, saying 74 Chinese ships have mapped the seas around it
President Lai unveiled a centre that will run Taiwan's survey ships and a ship model lab tied to its submarine programme, as officials cited Chinese seabed surveys.
TaiwanDefence · 6h ago · 3 min read
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Taiwan's navy plans a NT$18.3 billion second Panshih-class supply ship to replace the ageing Wuyi
The Wuyi reaches 40 years of service in 2029, so the navy wants a new fuel and ammunition ship based on the Panshih design in service by the end of 2032.
TaiwanDefence · 1d ago · 2 min read
US Navy study of foreign frigates, including South Korea's Chungnam class, nears its deadline
Korean reports say the Navy will finish assessing Korean, Japanese, Turkish and British designs by 12 November, though no competition has been launched.
TaiwanDefence · 4d ago · 3 min read
Analysis & Commentary
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Why a US audit of F-35 spare parts, published on 9 November 2026, matters for Pacific air forces
A US audit published on 9 November 2026 found the Pentagon cannot reliably track 31 billion dollars in F-35 parts, a weak spot for allies building around the jet.
TaiwanDefence
Why Japan's fighter scrambles, tested by Chinese drones again on 11 November 2026, are a poor match
Japan scrambled jets on 11 November 2026 as two Chinese drones looped past Yonaguni, yet higher, longer PLA drone flights expose the limits of crewed intercepts.
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Why the US Air Force's Marianas airstrip plan, reported on 12 November 2026, hinges on fuel and consent
A plan reported on 12 November 2026 for 6,000-plus flights a year from four Marianas airfields shows dispersal near Guam is mostly a logistics test.
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Taiwan's military police rehearse clearing enemy saboteurs from Taipei infrastructure at night
The 202nd Military Police Command sent CM33 and CM34 armoured vehicles through Taipei late on 11 November to drill guarding a key site alongside the police.
TaiwanDefence · 15h ago · 2 min read
Taiwan's army drops stand-alone bridge blasts from 2027 training, saying it has the data it needs
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ArmyTaiwan's army puts live fire in home defence zones at the core of its 2027 training plan
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ArmyTaiwan artillery battalion fires through gas, drone and misfire drills in a 10-day unscripted test
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Satellite images point to China's biggest Red Sword air force exercise in years
Close to 300 PLA aircraft, including J-20 stealth fighters, H-6 bombers and KJ-500 radar planes, have massed at 11 western airbases, a US institute says.
TaiwanDefence · 13h ago · 3 min read
Industry
More →L3Harris stages a live battle network demonstration in Taiwan, linking AI targeting and drone defences
The US contractor's three-day EVEREST event in Miaoli tied Palantir's Maven software, Link 16 and counter-drone kit into one network, though no contract has been announced.
TaiwanDefence · 3h ago · 3 min read
US defence logistics firm plans a P1.26 billion drone hub on the Philippines' Pacific coast
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IndustryTaiwan's Black Whale underwater drone, built with British firms, goes into the water for the first time
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IndustryBAE Systems signs Taiwan repair deal to speed parts for army recovery vehicles, AAV7s and howitzers
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US Pacific submarine chief warns China can keep building nuclear attack submarines at pace for a decade
Chris Cavanaugh says the PLA Navy fielded eight Shang III boats in under four years, while Chinese survey work maps seabed near Taiwan, Guam and Hawaii.
TaiwanDefence · 39m ago · 3 min read
Japan warns defence firms of deep order cuts as Tokyo eyes a smaller five-year military budget
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Indo-PacificPhilippine Navy commits most of its Manila-based fleet to guard the ASEAN summit
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Indo-PacificFrance offers to help Vietnam build its own frigates as a French warship visits Hai Phong
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