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      <news:title>US Army Pacific chief says his command still plans around a possible 2027 move on Taiwan</news:title>
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      <news:title>US and Japanese defence chiefs agree to step up denial defence along the First Island Chain</news:title>
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      <news:title>South Korea&apos;s defence minister says the Joint Chiefs must move to Sejong with his ministry</news:title>
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      <news:title>Pentagon confirms the annual US-South Korea defence ministers&apos; meeting will slip into 2027</news:title>
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      <news:title>Australia moves to give its military standing powers to stop drones over defence bases</news:title>
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      <news:title>Court pauses South Korea&apos;s bidding ban on LIG D&amp;A as a KF-21 missile contract waits on a November hearing</news:title>
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      <news:title>Goa Shipyard launches Srishti, a next-generation offshore patrol vessel for India&apos;s navy</news:title>
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      <news:title>Japanese ruling-party lawmakers seek an agency to support retired troops and military families</news:title>
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      <news:title>Japan says army intelligence units did nothing improper as lawmakers press on files about citizens</news:title>
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      <news:title>What India&apos;s approval of Project 18A destroyers settles, and what it leaves open</news:title>
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      <news:title>Ukraine says Taiwanese-made machines and parts feed Russia&apos;s missile plants, often inside Chinese tools</news:title>
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      <news:title>Guam&apos;s delegate says Dark Eagle hypersonic missile went to Tinian, knows of no plan to base it on Guam</news:title>
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      <news:title>South Korea&apos;s military has lost more than a third of its staff sergeants in four years</news:title>
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      <news:title>Taichung picks two drone test fields as the army declines to share its Tianshan training ground</news:title>
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      <news:title>Taiwan has two of its six MS-110 spy pods for F-16s, with the rest due by December</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-27T11:38:59.180Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Japan&apos;s security advisers say tax rises should not be ruled out to pay for more defence</news:title>
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    <loc>https://taiwandefence.com/article/foreign-firms-will-hide-their-names-at-taiwans-first-uncrewed-vehicle-expo-organiser-says</loc>
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      <news:title>Foreign firms will hide their names at Taiwan&apos;s first uncrewed vehicle expo, organiser says</news:title>
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      <news:title>Taiwan&apos;s legislature starts its review of a 2027 budget with NT$1.12 trillion for defence</news:title>
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    <loc>https://taiwandefence.com/article/china-sends-its-manila-defence-attache-not-its-defence-minister-to-asean-defence-talks-in-cebu</loc>
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      <news:title>China sends its Manila defence attache, not its defence minister, to ASEAN defence talks in Cebu</news:title>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-27T07:43:07.740Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Japan&apos;s army confirms it sent officers to India to scout ranges for anti-ship missile firing</news:title>
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    <loc>https://taiwandefence.com/article/south-koreas-military-admits-its-system-for-fusing-spy-satellite-imagery-falls-short</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-27T06:42:10.069Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>South Korea&apos;s military admits its system for fusing spy satellite imagery falls short</news:title>
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    <loc>https://taiwandefence.com/article/us-air-force-puts-arrw-its-first-hypersonic-missile-into-production-with-a-694-million-order</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-27T05:44:44.493Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>US Air Force puts ARRW, its first hypersonic missile, into production with a $694 million order</news:title>
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    <loc>https://taiwandefence.com/article/us-suspends-visa-free-visits-by-chinese-nationals-to-the-northern-marianas-citing-spying-risk-near-bases</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-27T04:43:26.710Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>US suspends visa-free visits by Chinese nationals to the Northern Marianas, citing spying risk near bases</news:title>
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    <loc>https://taiwandefence.com/article/japanese-lawmakers-back-higher-base-pay-for-every-sdf-rank-as-recruiting-stays-short</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-27T03:40:23.402Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Japanese lawmakers back higher base pay for every SDF rank as recruiting stays short</news:title>
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    <loc>https://taiwandefence.com/article/taiwan-says-about-4-of-its-troops-still-get-no-extra-pay-after-the-new-combat-allowance</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-27T02:38:49.341Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>Taiwan says about 4% of its troops still get no extra pay after the new combat allowance</news:title>
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      <news:title>South Korea&apos;s defence minister heads to Cebu for a first meeting with Hegseth after 36 days without a call</news:title>
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    <loc>https://taiwandefence.com/article/north-korea-parks-self-propelled-howitzers-in-plain-view-of-south-koreas-gimpo-border-lookout</loc>
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      <news:title>North Korea parks self-propelled howitzers in plain view of South Korea&apos;s Gimpo border lookout</news:title>
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    <loc>https://taiwandefence.com/article/us-intelligence-says-china-may-put-directed-energy-weapons-in-orbit-by-the-late-2020s</loc>
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      <news:publication_date>2026-10-26T23:41:15.308Z</news:publication_date>
      <news:title>US intelligence says China may put directed-energy weapons in orbit by the late 2020s</news:title>
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