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China has two aircraft carriers at sea as Taiwan counts more than 100 Chinese ships in the Western Pacific

Taiwan's security chief says Chinese navy and coast guard deployments have doubled in a week, as satellite images place the Fujian and Liaoning in separate seas.

TaiwanDefence · 20m ago · 3 min read

Cross-Strait

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Cross-Strait

Taiwan's military now vets staff by how much secret material they handle, not by rank

Defence Minister Wellington Koo told lawmakers a new clearance certification covers uniformed and civilian personnel and adds travel controls and checks on defence suppliers.

TaiwanDefence · 1h ago · 3 min read

President Lai Ching-te and officials look at a tablet held by a helmeted soldier at a coastal military exercise site

Cross-Strait

Taiwan's military plans to turn its kill chain into a kill web, defence ministry tells lawmakers

A written report for the legislature's defence committee sets out a networked, drone-heavy and dispersed force meant to keep fighting if command posts are knocked out.

TaiwanDefence · 2h ago · 3 min read

Cross-Strait

China sends 49 military aircraft around Taiwan in one day, most of them off the southwest

5h ago

Cross-Strait

Taiwan's coast guard shadows a Chinese survey ship that lowered a sensor off Kaohsiung

7h ago

Navy

China has two aircraft carriers at sea as Taiwan counts more than 100 Chinese ships in the Western Pacific

Taiwan's security chief says Chinese navy and coast guard deployments have doubled in a week, as satellite images place the Fujian and Liaoning in separate seas.

TaiwanDefence · 20m ago · 3 min read

Navy

South Korea launches Seo Hui, its second 3,600-ton submarine built to carry ballistic missiles

The KSS-III Batch-II boat entered the water at Geoje with lithium-ion batteries and 70 home-built systems, and is due to join the navy in 2028.

TaiwanDefence · 3h ago · 2 min read

Navy

USS Colorado will be the first US attack submarine to rotate through Western Australia under AUKUS

27 Oct 2026

Navy

South Korean navy flight instructor becomes the service's first pilot to log 10,000 accident-free hours

25 Oct 2026

Analysis & Commentary

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TaiwanDefence

Xi's purge leaves the PLA short of generals, but analysts in Taipei see no let-up in pressure on Taiwan

Willy Lam told a Taipei seminar on 28 October 2026 that only a handful of PLA full generals remain. A thinner high command need not mean a quieter strait.

TaiwanDefence

What India's approval of Project 18A destroyers settles, and what it leaves open

India's defence council cleared Project 18A destroyers on 26 October 2026, but their size, number and engines are still unsettled and service entry looks a decade away.

TaiwanDefence

India's nod for 335 more K9 Vajra guns could make a desert-bought howitzer its mainstay facing China

India's October 2026 approval of 335 more K9 Vajra-T guns builds on lessons from Ladakh, but a long road from approval to contract still lies ahead.

Army

Taiwan's army parks all 29 of its Apache gunships while the US checks a suspect transmission

Taiwan has reportedly grounded its whole AH-64E fleet after a US Army stand-down over gearbox failures, and may clear low-hour airframes first for readiness.

TaiwanDefence · 6d ago · 2 min read

Army

Nineteen Taiwanese service members have died by self-harm this year, more than in all of 2025

6d ago

Army

Taiwan air force C-130s fly stranded travellers home from Kinmen and Matsu after Typhoon Champi

25 Oct 2026

Army

Taiwan army drops score sheets in base training and adds battlefield stress first aid

25 Oct 2026

Air Force

Ten C-130Js would retire Taiwan's oldest Hercules as the US starts work on the request

Military sources say Washington has begun processing Taiwan's request for 10 new transports, with the case due by next May and funding from 2028.

TaiwanDefence · 6d ago · 3 min read

Air Force

Taiwan has two of its six MS-110 spy pods for F-16s, with the rest due by December

27 Oct 2026

Air Force

Taiwan air force keeps a reservist call-up on election day, telling 311 to vote before reporting

17 Oct 2026

Air Force

Cabinet warns Songshan airport move would leave a critical gap in capital defence

16 Oct 2026

Industry

The main building of Taiwan's Legislative Yuan in Taipei

Industry

Taiwan's NT$55.9bn drone and sea-drone buy reaches committee as the opposition questions its timing

A supplementary budget carrying three uncrewed systems and the Chiang-Kong missile defence package cleared its first step in Taiwan's legislature on Tuesday.

TaiwanDefence · 4h ago · 3 min read

Industry

Indo-Pacific

A small military drone in flight above a South Korean army training area

Indo-Pacific

South Korea trades its drone strike command for a headquarters meant to buy drones without Chinese parts

Seoul's new Defense Drone Headquarters hands combat drone missions to the services and takes charge of concepts, testing, acquisition support and a parts certification scheme.

TaiwanDefence · 6h ago · 3 min read

Indo-Pacific

China has two aircraft carriers at sea as Taiwan counts more than 100 Chinese ships in the Western Pacific

Top Stories

Taiwan's military now vets staff by how much secret material they handle, not by rank

Taiwan's military plans to turn its kill chain into a kill web, defence ministry tells lawmakers

South Korea launches Seo Hui, its second 3,600-ton submarine built to carry ballistic missiles

Taiwan's NT$55.9bn drone and sea-drone buy reaches committee as the opposition questions its timing

China sends 49 military aircraft around Taiwan in one day, most of them off the southwest

Cross-Strait

Taiwan's military now vets staff by how much secret material they handle, not by rank

Taiwan's military plans to turn its kill chain into a kill web, defence ministry tells lawmakers

China sends 49 military aircraft around Taiwan in one day, most of them off the southwest

Taiwan's coast guard shadows a Chinese survey ship that lowered a sensor off Kaohsiung

Navy

China has two aircraft carriers at sea as Taiwan counts more than 100 Chinese ships in the Western Pacific

South Korea launches Seo Hui, its second 3,600-ton submarine built to carry ballistic missiles

USS Colorado will be the first US attack submarine to rotate through Western Australia under AUKUS

South Korean navy flight instructor becomes the service's first pilot to log 10,000 accident-free hours

Analysis & Commentary

Xi's purge leaves the PLA short of generals, but analysts in Taipei see no let-up in pressure on Taiwan

What India's approval of Project 18A destroyers settles, and what it leaves open

India's nod for 335 more K9 Vajra guns could make a desert-bought howitzer its mainstay facing China

Army

Taiwan's army parks all 29 of its Apache gunships while the US checks a suspect transmission

Nineteen Taiwanese service members have died by self-harm this year, more than in all of 2025

Taiwan air force C-130s fly stranded travellers home from Kinmen and Matsu after Typhoon Champi

Taiwan army drops score sheets in base training and adds battlefield stress first aid

Air Force

Ten C-130Js would retire Taiwan's oldest Hercules as the US starts work on the request

Taiwan has two of its six MS-110 spy pods for F-16s, with the rest due by December

Taiwan air force keeps a reservist call-up on election day, telling 311 to vote before reporting

Cabinet warns Songshan airport move would leave a critical gap in capital defence

Industry

Taiwan's NT$55.9bn drone and sea-drone buy reaches committee as the opposition questions its timing

Chips marked CN inside army training drones land a famed model-helicopter maker's founder in custody

South Korea finishes developing its own Marine attack helicopter, with production due to start in 2027

India's tri-service headquarters signs a five-year AI pact with Sarvam that covers targeting

Indo-Pacific

South Korea trades its drone strike command for a headquarters meant to buy drones without Chinese parts

Australia's Mogami frigates and Japanese missile tests on its ranges are on track, Tokyo says

Koizumi and Kang hold first talks since the Yasukuni visit and agree to step up defence ties

A quarter of Australia's troops are not medically cleared to deploy, defence chiefs tell senators