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■Taiwan more than doubles drone R&D subsidies, with AIDC's jam-resistant cargo drone taking the top award ■Hai Kun submarine stays docked as year-end delivery target nears and experts split over its control system ■Lai asks visiting US lawmakers to move from arms sales to joint development and production of drones ■Taiwan's F-16V fleet faces two more years without its crash-avoidance safety net and its standoff glide bomb ■Four China Coast Guard ships enter Kinmen restricted waters on eve of Taiwan's National Day ■Japan's top officer says Keen Sword will go ahead unchanged despite Okinawa Marine murder case ■Taiwan more than doubles drone R&D subsidies, with AIDC's jam-resistant cargo drone taking the top award ■Hai Kun submarine stays docked as year-end delivery target nears and experts split over its control system ■Lai asks visiting US lawmakers to move from arms sales to joint development and production of drones ■Taiwan's F-16V fleet faces two more years without its crash-avoidance safety net and its standoff glide bomb ■Four China Coast Guard ships enter Kinmen restricted waters on eve of Taiwan's National Day ■Japan's top officer says Keen Sword will go ahead unchanged despite Okinawa Marine murder case

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Close-up of a US Army soldier in a patrol cap sighting through the launcher of a shoulder-fired Stinger missile

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 · 7h ago · 2 min read