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■Taiwan army's shelters for its M1A2T tanks slip to 2027, so crews will rely on camouflage for now ■North Korea is blasting and fortifying its coast opposite Ganghwa Island, South Korea's military says ■South Korea's arms agency seeks 13.8% more for 2027 to speed nuclear-powered submarines ■Philippine military tracks 27 Chinese coast guard and PLA Navy ships in a week ■Taiwan will strip-inspect even small military drone orders after Chinese chips slipped through ■Taiwan's Hai Kun submarine heads for deep-dive tests in late October, the last hurdle before delivery ■Taiwan army's shelters for its M1A2T tanks slip to 2027, so crews will rely on camouflage for now ■North Korea is blasting and fortifying its coast opposite Ganghwa Island, South Korea's military says ■South Korea's arms agency seeks 13.8% more for 2027 to speed nuclear-powered submarines ■Philippine military tracks 27 Chinese coast guard and PLA Navy ships in a week ■Taiwan will strip-inspect even small military drone orders after Chinese chips slipped through ■Taiwan's Hai Kun submarine heads for deep-dive tests in late October, the last hurdle before delivery

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A dark grey South Korean diesel-electric submarine sails into harbour with crew standing on its sail.

South Korea's arms agency seeks 13.8% more for 2027 to speed nuclear-powered submarines

South Korea's military procurement agency wants 22.7 trillion won next year to push nuclear submarines, missile defence and attack drones against North Korea.

TaiwanDefence · 2h ago · 3 min read

A black Virginia-class submarine on the surface with crew in orange life vests on deck and an American flag on the sail

US Navy asks shipyards who can build its next-generation SSN(X) attack submarine

A market-research notice asks which US yards could be prime builders for the Virginia-class successor, which is not expected in service until the 2040s.

TaiwanDefence · 2d ago · 2 min read

A black Japanese submarine with the hull number 513 on its sail sails through a harbour with crew lined up on deck and hills behind

Japan's defence minister says public sees need to debate nuclear-powered submarines

Shinjiro Koizumi weighed the boats' endurance and speed against their cost as Tokyo considers naming them in security documents due by year-end.

TaiwanDefence · 3d ago · 2 min read