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Japan's fighter scrambles jump by two-thirds as Chinese and Russian flights surge
TaiwanDefence · 1h ago · 3 min read
India commissions INS Samarthak, the first major warship built by a private yard for its navy
TaiwanDefence · 2h ago · 2 min read
South Korea's defence chief vows to turn the Marines into a modern manoeuvre operations command
TaiwanDefence · 3h ago · 2 min read
Australia's defence chief says Canberra is watching China's Taiwan moves very carefully
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South Korean Army watches Hanwha lasers shoot down all three target drones in live demo
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Taiwan watches for large-scale PLA drills as peak season nears
Taiwan's MND is monitoring possible PLA encirclement drills as the November-December peak season nears, alongside Liaoning western Pacific training and cognitive warfare.
TaiwanDefence · 20h ago · 2 min read
Taiwan tracks China's PLA carrier Liaoning as it turns south past the island towards the South China Sea
Japan says the carrier and three destroyers headed for the South China Sea a day after flying jets east of Taiwan, cutting short a Pacific cruise.
TaiwanDefence · 1d ago · 3 min read
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Taiwan's navy will wire air combat training pods into its four Keelung-class destroyers
A NT$2.44bn joint buy of NCSIST ACTIS pods will link the navy's air-defence flagships to the air force's live training network for joint drills.
TaiwanDefence · 1d ago · 3 min read
Taiwan's Hai Kun submarine begins deeper sea trials on its 25th outing
The indigenous prototype left Kaohsiung on 15 October for harder endurance and deep-dive checks as CSBC and the navy push toward year-end delivery.
TaiwanDefence · 1d ago · 2 min read
Analysis & Commentary
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Formosat-8B is less a space PR moment than an ISR independence test
TASA says the second Formosat-8 bird ships to the US by year-end for a Q1 2027 SpaceX launch, just as Taiwan's signals office is still buying AI to mine foreign commercial satellite pictures for PLA hardware.
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Hai Kun's deep dive is not the hard part — funding the next seven boats is
On 16 October 2026 Liberty Times relayed experts arguing the prototype will likely pass deep tests while Legislative Yuan politics threaten the follow-on class.
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Taiwan's new MQ-9Bs will only stay airborne if US logistics stay open through 2029
A 15 October 2026 Pentagon disclosure of a $38.8m General Atomics sustainment contract, weeks after Hualien first flights, locks Taiwan's east-coast ISR endurance to a single US supply chain.
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Taiwan army CM11 tank rides up onto Miaoli highway median after suspected brake failure
No one was hurt when a 564th Armored Brigade tank on a mission movement struck the concrete divider on Provincial Highway 13; the army apologised and police are probing liability.
TaiwanDefence · 8h ago · 2 min read
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Cabinet warns Songshan airport move would leave a critical gap in capital defence
After Taipei's mayor pitched relocating Songshan airport at the Cabinet meeting on 15 October 2026, the Executive Yuan said the dual-use base is the only alternate for large jets and a pillar of capital defence.
TaiwanDefence · 23h ago · 2 min read
Taiwan's Brave Eagle trainers logged 212 engine blade repairs, mostly blamed on runway dust
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Air ForceTaiwan's air force delays radar guard platoons to 2029 as China-free vehicle bid stalls
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Air ForceTaiwan's military seeks 462 AMRAAM-ER surface-to-air missiles for NASAMS against China
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Lockheed pours $300m into Texas missile parts plant as Taiwan waits on Patriot deliveries
The Grand Prairie expansion feeds the PAC-3 MSE, THAAD and PrSM lines as the Pentagon pushes interceptor output towards 2,000 a year, while Taiwan's own Patriot order is still waiting.
TaiwanDefence · 52m ago · 3 min read
Indo-Pacific
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The Air Self-Defense Force launched jets 442 times in the six months to September, with Chinese aircraft behind 285 of them and the southwestern islands nearest Taiwan still the busiest front.
TaiwanDefence · 1h ago · 3 min read
India commissions INS Samarthak, the first major warship built by a private yard for its navy
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Indo-PacificSouth Korea's defence chief vows to turn the Marines into a modern manoeuvre operations command
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Indo-PacificAustralia's defence chief says Canberra is watching China's Taiwan moves very carefully
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