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Australia opens a towed array sonar factory in Western Sydney for Hunter frigates and Collins submarines

Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy opened a co-funded Thales hall at Rydalmere that will build and maintain towed sonar arrays for Australian warships and submarines.

TaiwanDefence · 14m ago · 3 min read

Cross-Strait

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Cross-Strait

China opens a party plenum as a think tank finds 42 of 44 PLA Central Committee members purged or missing

Xi Jinping opened the four-day meeting with the military commission cut to two members, and observers are watching whether he refills China's high command.

TaiwanDefence · 3h ago · 3 min read

Rows of Chinese navy marines in camouflage uniforms standing at attention outdoors as a US Navy officer greets them

Cross-Strait

PLA Daily tells Chinese troops to be ready for a major Taiwan independence incident

The Chinese military's newspaper used Taiwan's Retrocession Day to urge readiness for war, citing Koxinga's 1661 landing and a general's study of Normandy.

TaiwanDefence · 1d ago · 3 min read

Cross-Strait

China's Eastern Theater Command marks Taiwan Retrocession Day as state TV airs satellite views of Taipei

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Cross-Strait

J-20 design institute researchers propose radar arrays built into drone wings

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Navy

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 · 16h ago · 3 min read

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Navy

Philippine Navy reports track the Liaoning carrier group turning northeast past Mindanao

Monitoring reports obtained by a Manila broadcaster say the Chinese carrier group ignored radio challenges before heading for the Philippine Sea.

TaiwanDefence · 18h ago · 3 min read

Navy

India's home-built submarine AIP system enters its next phase of tests at Hazira

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Navy

Russian design bureau sent submarine designs and test data to China, C4ADS report finds

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TaiwanDefence

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's plan to keep senior pilots flying to 58 may miss why most of them leave

As the plan awaits Cabinet approval, a 21 October 2026 report says workload and leave go unaddressed, while lawmakers' data point to mid-career exits to airlines.

TaiwanDefence

New photos put North Koreans at Russia's military drone hub, but their role on the line is unproven

Photos and eyewitness accounts reported on 20 October 2026 place North Koreans at Alabuga. Whether Pyongyang gains drone know-how is still an inference.

Army

A grey four-engine Taiwanese air force C-130H transport aircraft taxiing on an airfield

Army

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 · 23h ago · 2 min read

Army

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

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Army

Taiwan troops clear Champi storm damage as aviation officials ask for military flights

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Army

Taiwan removes Taipei military police commander accused of hiding troop injuries

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Air Force

Helmeted reservists in camouflage kneel with rifles behind barbed wire on grass while officials and officers watch from under a tent

Air Force

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

A venue clash left an Air Force guard battalion's reserve training starting on 28 November, Taiwan's local election day, so reservists may report until 8 pm.

TaiwanDefence · 17 Oct 2026 · 2 min read

Air Force

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

16 Oct 2026

Air Force

Taiwan's Brave Eagle trainers logged 212 engine blade repairs, mostly blamed on runway dust

15 Oct 2026

Air Force

Taiwan's air force delays radar guard platoons to 2029 as China-free vehicle bid stalls

15 Oct 2026

Industry

Australia opens a towed array sonar factory in Western Sydney for Hunter frigates and Collins submarines

Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy opened a co-funded Thales hall at Rydalmere that will build and maintain towed sonar arrays for Australian warships and submarines.

TaiwanDefence · 14m ago · 3 min read

Industry

Indo-Pacific

China and Indonesia revive Sharp Knife army counter-terror training with a drill in Guangdong

Beijing says Chinese and Indonesian troops will train together in Guangdong from late October, reviving a special forces series RSIS says stopped in 2015.

TaiwanDefence · 1h ago · 3 min read

Indo-Pacific

Australia opens a towed array sonar factory in Western Sydney for Hunter frigates and Collins submarines

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China and Indonesia revive Sharp Knife army counter-terror training with a drill in Guangdong

Chinese coast guard ship tails Philippine patrol boat as it drives a foreign fishing boat from Pag-asa

China opens a party plenum as a think tank finds 42 of 44 PLA Central Committee members purged or missing

Taiwan's maritime council says an AI coast guard drone swarm has passed a 20-aircraft simulation

Philippine foreign ministry says Manila has no cable-protection arrangement with Taiwan

Cross-Strait

China opens a party plenum as a think tank finds 42 of 44 PLA Central Committee members purged or missing

PLA Daily tells Chinese troops to be ready for a major Taiwan independence incident

China's Eastern Theater Command marks Taiwan Retrocession Day as state TV airs satellite views of Taipei

J-20 design institute researchers propose radar arrays built into drone wings

Navy

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

Philippine Navy reports track the Liaoning carrier group turning northeast past Mindanao

India's home-built submarine AIP system enters its next phase of tests at Hazira

Russian design bureau sent submarine designs and test data to China, C4ADS report finds

Analysis & Commentary

Taiwan's admission that it pays for US war-game observers puts a price on quiet military ties

Taiwan's plan to keep senior pilots flying to 58 may miss why most of them leave

New photos put North Koreans at Russia's military drone hub, but their role on the line is unproven

Army

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

Taiwan troops clear Champi storm damage as aviation officials ask for military flights

Taiwan removes Taipei military police commander accused of hiding troop injuries

Air Force

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

Taiwan's Brave Eagle trainers logged 212 engine blade repairs, mostly blamed on runway dust

Taiwan's air force delays radar guard platoons to 2029 as China-free vehicle bid stalls

Industry

Australia opens a towed array sonar factory in Western Sydney for Hunter frigates and Collins submarines

Taiwan's maritime council says an AI coast guard drone swarm has passed a 20-aircraft simulation

South Korea's defence ministry spent 1.1 billion won on drone events marred by crashes and rule breaches

Poland offers Vietnam Krab howitzers, Rosomak carriers and coastal defence radars

Indo-Pacific

China and Indonesia revive Sharp Knife army counter-terror training with a drill in Guangdong

Chinese coast guard ship tails Philippine patrol boat as it drives a foreign fishing boat from Pag-asa

Philippine foreign ministry says Manila has no cable-protection arrangement with Taiwan

US Space Command blocks New Zealand from releasing details of its Auckland space-tracking hub