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South Korea finishes developing its own Marine attack helicopter, with production due to start in 2027
TaiwanDefence · 1h ago · 3 min read
US Army Pacific chief says his command still plans around a possible 2027 move on Taiwan
TaiwanDefence · 2h ago · 3 min read
US and Japanese defence chiefs agree to step up denial defence along the First Island Chain
TaiwanDefence · 3h ago · 2 min read
Malaysia says its navy and air force are guarding the Malacca Strait against a Hormuz-style disruption
TaiwanDefence · 4h ago · 2 min read
South Korea's defence minister says the Joint Chiefs must move to Sejong with his ministry
TaiwanDefence · 5h ago · 3 min read
Cross-Strait
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Taiwan's legislature starts its review of a 2027 budget with NT$1.12 trillion for defence
Lawmakers sent the 2027 spending plan to committees after Premier Cho Jung-tai's report, a year after the 2026 budget took 351 days to pass.
TaiwanDefence · 21h ago · 2 min read
Taiwan says about 4% of its troops still get no extra pay after the new combat allowance
Defence Minister Wellington Koo says most of those left out are staff officers at corps-level and higher commands, a posting he calls essential to their careers.
TaiwanDefence · 1d ago · 3 min read
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USS Colorado will be the first US attack submarine to rotate through Western Australia under AUKUS
The US, Australia and Britain named the Virginia-class boat as the first for Submarine Rotational Force-West at HMAS Stirling, starting in late 2027.
TaiwanDefence · 1d ago · 3 min read
South Korean navy flight instructor becomes the service's first pilot to log 10,000 accident-free hours
Park Ki-hyun, a former navy helicopter pilot who now trains new aviators at Mokpo, reached the mark on a training flight on 23 October, the navy said.
TaiwanDefence · 2d ago · 3 min read
Analysis & Commentary
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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.
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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.
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Taiwan's admission that it pays for US war-game observers puts a price on quiet military ties
A 21 October 2026 report on Taiwan's NT$82.4m plan for US observers at its Han Kuang drills shows Taipei funds much of its quiet military link to Washington.
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Taiwan air force C-130s fly stranded travellers home from Kinmen and Matsu after Typhoon Champi
Military transports joined airline extra flights on Sunday to clear standby queues of more than 1,000 people left on the outlying islands by the storm.
TaiwanDefence · 2d ago · 2 min read
Air Force
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Taiwan has two of its six MS-110 spy pods for F-16s, with the rest due by December
The air force says the remaining four US-made reconnaissance pods will arrive by year-end, giving its F-16s all-weather imagery that can be sent to the ground in real time.
TaiwanDefence · 18h ago · 3 min read
Taiwan air force keeps a reservist call-up on election day, telling 311 to vote before reporting
17 Oct 2026
Air ForceCabinet warns Songshan airport move would leave a critical gap in capital defence
16 Oct 2026
Air ForceTaiwan's Brave Eagle trainers logged 212 engine blade repairs, mostly blamed on runway dust
15 Oct 2026
Industry
More →South Korea finishes developing its own Marine attack helicopter, with production due to start in 2027
The arms agency says the Surion-based Marine Attack Helicopter has fired all four of its weapons, including an air-to-air missile, and will move into production in 2027.
TaiwanDefence · 1h ago · 3 min read
India's tri-service headquarters signs a five-year AI pact with Sarvam that covers targeting
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IndustryCourt pauses South Korea's bidding ban on LIG D&A as a KF-21 missile contract waits on a November hearing
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IndustryUkraine says Taiwanese-made machines and parts feed Russia's missile plants, often inside Chinese tools
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Indo-Pacific
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India and US defence chiefs review their 10-year framework a year on, meeting in Cebu
Rajnath Singh and Pete Hegseth used the ADMM-Plus sidelines to check progress on military technology, information sharing and co-production, then Singh met Australia's Marles.
TaiwanDefence · 43m ago · 2 min read
US Army Pacific chief says his command still plans around a possible 2027 move on Taiwan
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Indo-PacificUS and Japanese defence chiefs agree to step up denial defence along the First Island Chain
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Indo-PacificMalaysia says its navy and air force are guarding the Malacca Strait against a Hormuz-style disruption
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