DefenceTalkTaiwan displayed how its fighter jets and early warning aircraft could land, refuel and take off on a closed motorway on Tuesday, in a scenario simulating a Chinese attack that wiped out the island’s air force bases. The exercise — the first of its kind since 2011 — was a reminder of lingering Chinese hostilities […]https://www.defencetalk.com/fighter-jets-land-on-taiwan-highway-in-china-attack-war-games-60601/

DefenceTalkTaiwan plans to spend Tw$74.8 billion ($2.5 billion) in the next nine years to acquire anti-missile systems to boost its aerial defences against China, a lawmaker and media said Saturday. The defence ministry aims to purchase the locally-made Tien Kung 3 (Sky Bow 3) surface-to-air missile system between 2015 and 2024 to replace the aging […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-to-spend-2-5-billion-on-anti-missile-systems-60468/

DefenceTalkTaiwan has started using unmanned surveillance aircraft to spy on China to reduce the risk to its pilots from an increased deployment of Chinese missiles, media reported Sunday. The army in March commissioned a fleet of 32 unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, developed by the military-run Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology. Initially the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-starts-using-drones-to-spy-on-china-reports-60141/

DefenceTalkTaiwan tech giant Hon Hai said Wednesday it has pulled out of a deal to buy 4G equipment from Huawei after the government warned that the Chinese company posed a national security threat. Taiwan raised those concerns in March after Hon Hai announced the $178 million deal, saying telecom equipment purchased from Huawei could be […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwans-hon-hai-pulls-out-of-huawei-deal-over-security-threat-60023/

DefenceTalkChina continues to modernize and improve its military capabilities, according to an annual DOD report to Congress, and is also preparing for contingencies in the South and East China Seas where Beijing has been involved in increasingly tense territorial disputes with its neighbors. The just-released “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-continues-military-modernization-report-says-59797/

DefenceTalkTaiwan has received the first shipment of anti-ship missiles which it ordered from the United States for its submarines, strengthening their attack capability, a senior official was Wednesday quoted as saying. Taiwan ordered the Harpoon missiles in 2008 as part of a $6.5 billion arms purchase which sparked strong protests from Beijing. The island already […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-gets-us-submarine-launched-missiles-report-50053/

DefenceTalkTaiwan Wednesday grounded its new fleet of US-made Apache attack helicopters for checks after a notice from Washington warning the model could malfunction. “There was some malfunctioning of the planes in the US army last week so we are doing some special checks now. (The helicopters) can resume flying once the checks are completed,” Defence […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-grounds-new-us-made-choppers-over-malfunction-fears-49974/

DefenceTalkTaiwan Thursday displayed its first long-range submarine-hunting aircraft, days after Beijing showed off its nuclear-powered submarine fleet in yet another sign of China’s fast expanding military might. Taiwan’s military introduced the Lockheed P-3C Orion at a ceremony presided over by President Ma Ying-jeou at an airbase in the southern county of Pingtung. “As the president […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-displays-1st-long-range-submarine-hunting-aircraft-49542/

DefenceTalkIn its annual national defense report, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense warns its neighbors, the United States and its own people that by 2020 the People’s Republic of China will be able to conduct a successful invasion of the island. Beijing has engaged in a comprehensive military buildup designed to make it the dominant military […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-warns-of-potential-strategic-shift-in-east-asia-49344/

DefenceTalkChina’s arms buildup over the last two decades would give it the power to invade Taiwan by 2020 even if allies came to the island’s aid, a military report said Tuesday. The mainland’s annual military spending has grown on average by double-digit rates over the past 20 years or so, according to Taiwan’s 2013 National […]https://www.defencetalk.com/taiwan-military-says-china-able-to-invade-by-2020-49326/