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■Saronic urges Taiwan to buy reusable autonomous sea drones as grey-zone patrols wear down crews ■Taiwan coast guard sends Chiayi and new cutter Penghu to Palau on second Friendship Fleet voyage ■Philippine defence chief seeks brigade-sized Army force and stronger Marine presence on Palawan ■Taiwan's Volcano minelayers to arrive in a single batch next year as training mines come first ■South Korea moves to curb athletes' military service exemptions as conscript pool shrinks ■Seoul moves to formally cite North Korea for armistice breaches over DMZ border incursions ■Saronic urges Taiwan to buy reusable autonomous sea drones as grey-zone patrols wear down crews ■Taiwan coast guard sends Chiayi and new cutter Penghu to Palau on second Friendship Fleet voyage ■Philippine defence chief seeks brigade-sized Army force and stronger Marine presence on Palawan ■Taiwan's Volcano minelayers to arrive in a single batch next year as training mines come first ■South Korea moves to curb athletes' military service exemptions as conscript pool shrinks ■Seoul moves to formally cite North Korea for armistice breaches over DMZ border incursions

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A large white ship marked Taiwan R.O.C. Coast Guard with orange lifeboats, crew in orange uniforms standing along its rails and on the quay under a grey sky.

Taiwan coast guard sends Chiayi and new cutter Penghu to Palau on second Friendship Fleet voyage

The two patrol vessels docked at Malakal Harbor on 6 October for long-range training, a call on President Whipps and a joint patrol with Palauan law enforcement.

TaiwanDefence · 2h ago · 3 min read