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■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 ■Lai promotes five generals and tells them to make drones the eyes of Taiwan's military ■Beijing blames Manila for its low-level seat at ASEAN defence talks, and Teodoro pushes back ■China's build-up comes with no explanation and is straining Southeast Asia, Marles says in Cebu ■A US Marine Reaper drone unit is now flying from Palawan, much closer to Second Thomas Shoal ■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 ■Lai promotes five generals and tells them to make drones the eyes of Taiwan's military ■Beijing blames Manila for its low-level seat at ASEAN defence talks, and Teodoro pushes back ■China's build-up comes with no explanation and is straining Southeast Asia, Marles says in Cebu ■A US Marine Reaper drone unit is now flying from Palawan, much closer to Second Thomas Shoal

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Rows of soldiers in camouflage uniforms seated around a large terrain model on the ground while an Australian soldier gives a briefing

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

A Senate estimates hearing also heard that cuts to big projects cannot be ruled out, and that Defence has opened a leak inquiry into a report on those cuts.

TaiwanDefence · 1h ago · 3 min read