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■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 ■Australian Army corporal killed and five soldiers hurt in rollover at Mount Bundey ■US forces on Okinawa halt routine operations for 48 hours and impose curfew after Marine murder arrest ■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 ■Australian Army corporal killed and five soldiers hurt in rollover at Mount Bundey ■US forces on Okinawa halt routine operations for 48 hours and impose curfew after Marine murder arrest

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Two soldiers in camouflage uniforms sit on the bed of a tan military truck beside a large olive-green mine dispenser rack angled toward a clear blue sky, with a blue practice canister loaded at the top.

Taiwan's Volcano minelayers to arrive in a single batch next year as training mines come first

All 14 US-built Volcano mine-laying systems are now due in Taiwan in 2027, later than earlier plans, while the army has signed for inert training mines that arrive by year end.

TaiwanDefence · 2h ago · 3 min read