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■Taiwan's navy plans most of its 280 V-BAT drones as eyes for shore missile units, not warships ■Taiwan air force keeps a reservist call-up on election day, telling 311 to vote before reporting ■US Army's new warfighting guidance plans for a prolonged fight along the First Island Chain ■Taiwan's navy will hire fishing boats and civil aircraft to map its likely invasion beaches ■Kagoshima asks Tokyo to put a midnight curfew on 400 Marines lodging on Tanegashima ■USS Theodore Roosevelt docks in Yokosuka ahead of Keen Sword with Japan ■Taiwan's navy plans most of its 280 V-BAT drones as eyes for shore missile units, not warships ■Taiwan air force keeps a reservist call-up on election day, telling 311 to vote before reporting ■US Army's new warfighting guidance plans for a prolonged fight along the First Island Chain ■Taiwan's navy will hire fishing boats and civil aircraft to map its likely invasion beaches ■Kagoshima asks Tokyo to put a midnight curfew on 400 Marines lodging on Tanegashima ■USS Theodore Roosevelt docks in Yokosuka ahead of Keen Sword with Japan

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

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 · 1h ago · 2 min read