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■Japan pitches Type 03 air defence missiles to the Philippines on Taiwan's southern flank ■Taiwan tracks PLA pressure as Japan and the US fly F-22s with F-15s over the East China Sea ■South Korea folds two postponed US drills into its Hoguk field exercise ■US special ops use drone laser to guide mortar fire past standard range ■Taiwan tracks China's PLA carrier Liaoning as it turns south past the island towards the South China Sea ■Taiwan watches as China's PLA closes Yellow Sea waters for 47 days of live-fire drills ■Japan pitches Type 03 air defence missiles to the Philippines on Taiwan's southern flank ■Taiwan tracks PLA pressure as Japan and the US fly F-22s with F-15s over the East China Sea ■South Korea folds two postponed US drills into its Hoguk field exercise ■US special ops use drone laser to guide mortar fire past standard range ■Taiwan tracks China's PLA carrier Liaoning as it turns south past the island towards the South China Sea ■Taiwan watches as China's PLA closes Yellow Sea waters for 47 days of live-fire drills

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A South Korean army tank with crew in the hatches drives off a pontoon raft onto a riverbank as soldiers walk alongside

South Korea folds two postponed US drills into its Hoguk field exercise

Seoul says the 19 to 30 October drills will absorb two allied field drills cut from Ulchi Freedom Shield, as Taiwan also moves to unscripted war games.

TaiwanDefence · 2h ago · 3 min read