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Two South Korean missile launcher trucks with raised canisters on a green coastal hillside as a rocket launches in a cloud of smoke near the beach

South Korea's military test-fires its first homegrown hypersonic glide missile

President Lee Jae Myung watched the defence weapons test, which Seoul says proved heat-resistant materials, guidance and low-altitude manoeuvring after two North Korean missile launches.

TaiwanDefence · 2h ago · 3 min read

Army

Career troops paying to quit Taiwan's military early rose more than 20-fold since 2018, lawmaker says

KMT legislator Ma Wen-chun says compensation-liable early exits of volunteer officers and NCOs hit 846 in 2025, while front-line combat units remain below 80 percent strength.

TaiwanDefence · 8h ago · 3 min read

Army

Taiwan's first 500 purchased Stinger missiles to start arriving this month after years of delay

Military officials say the first 500 Stinger air defence missiles and 178 launchers that Taiwan paid for will reach its army and navy between October and year-end.

TaiwanDefence · 17h ago · 2 min read

A large white multi-storey office building with a radio mast on its roof, seen across a paved plaza with a tall bronze monument and pine trees.

Indo-Pacific

South Korea moves to curb athletes' military service exemptions as conscript pool shrinks

Seoul's culture minister promised a fundamental overhaul of arts and sports exemptions a day after the defence ministry said it aims to cut or scrap them, citing falling manpower.

TaiwanDefence · 2d ago · 3 min read

Indo-Pacific

Ten indicted in Taiwan for posing as NCSIST to buy US military-grade chips for China

New Taipei prosecutors say the group forged end-user papers in the name of Taiwan's main military research institute, relabelled controlled chips as Taiwanese and shipped them to China and Hong Kong.

TaiwanDefence · 3d ago · 3 min read

Volodymyr Zelensky in a black jacket speaks at a podium in front of Ukrainian and German flags

Indo-Pacific

Zelensky says Russia is sharing jet-drone technology with North Korea

Ukraine’s president said on 4 October that Moscow has passed jet-powered drone know-how to Pyongyang and that Kyiv is briefing Japan on North Korean troops.

TaiwanDefence · 4d ago · 2 min read

A twin-tail fighter jet seen from below against a clear blue sky

ANALYSISAnalysis

Manila says a J-16 flew in a Philippine patrol wake

On 4 October 2026 the Philippine military said a Chinese J-16 flew into the wake of a C-208 near Scarborough on 3 October, timely because Beijing had not answered.

TaiwanDefence · 5d ago · 4 min read