The US Air Force’s desire to radically reshape and accelerate the way it develops future fighter planes could propel China to ramp up its plans for next-generation aircraft, Chinese experts said. A military insider familiar […]
Taiwan authorities are investigating whether a man from mainland China had managed to cross the Taiwan Strait in a rubber dinghy in a bid to seek political sanctuary. On Saturday, police said a man giving the […]
A joint statement by U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga from their recent meeting at the White House has left officials and analysts in Taiwan wondering how far Japan might be […]
Kaohsiung, Taiwan (GDC) — The launch of Taiwan’s first domestically made landing platform dock (LPD) marks a milestone in the country’s shipbuilding history and will significantly boost the Navy’s capability, President Tsai Ing-wen said Tuesday. […]
The increased activity – which China, unusually, described as “combat drills” on Wednesday – has raised alarm in both Taipei and Washington, though security officials do not see it as a sign of an imminent […]
Taipei, Taiwan (GDC) — A total of 25 Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Monday, the most on any single day so far this year, the Ministry of National Defense […]
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China’s muscling in with missile boats. The Philippines is sending over aircraft. But another player is deploying its military to stake a claim on the South China Sea – Vietnam. As Beijing’s fishing “militia” moved […]
Youth Daily News, a publication run by the Taiwan Defense ministry’s Political Warfare Bureau released images of a secret radar that can detect stealth aircraft- presumably aimed at China’s J-20 aircraft. The article has since been deleted […]
TAIPEI (Reuters) – European countries are providing help for Taiwan’s indigenous submarine project, the island’s defence ministry said, in a rare admission that the sensitive programme is not getting assistance solely from the United States. […]
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