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Taiwan to closely monitor China live-fire drills amid rising tensions
18+ min ago (347+ words) Taiwan will closely monitor Chinese live-fire exercises scheduled across several seas from Oct. 12-20, Defense Minister Wellington Koo said Monday, as Taipei remains alert to Beijing’s growing military activity around the island. Chinese maritime authorities announced drills in the Bohai Sea,…...
Markets too ready for conflict over Taiwan – US diplomat
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (411+ words) Investors are exaggerating the likelihood of a military confrontation over Taiwan, a senior US diplomat has said. Michael DeSombre, US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, told CNBC on Thursday that investors were “overpricing the risk…...
How Taiwan's military manpower shortage is undermining its ability to fight
39+ min ago (971+ words) Taiwan military personnel watch as a US-made Chinook helicopter carries a giant Taiwanese flag during a rehearsal ahead of Taiwan's National Day celebrations in Taipei, Taiwan, Oct. 6. Reuters-Yonhap Taiwan’s military is grappling with a worsening manpower shortage, with its volunteer…...
Delivery of fighter jets from Korea on schedule
43+ min ago (147+ words) Khaled said the exact arrival date of the fighter aircraft would be announced soon. “According to the schedule, the aircraft will arrive this month or next month – I will announce the arrival date later. So far, I have not received…...
PLA drills this week far from Taiwan: Koo
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (335+ words) Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo (顧立雄) today said that Taiwan is closely monitoring China's military exercises in the region and has assessed that the latest round would be held off the coast of China rather than near Taiwan. Nonetheless,…...
Taiwan ‘preparing for the worst’ as China begins live-fire drills
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (367+ words) Taiwan will “closely monitor” Chinese live-fire drills off China’s coast this week, the democratic island’s defence minister said on Monday. Chinese maritime authorities announced in recent days that drills would be held from October 12-20 in the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea,…...
Taiwan says it is closely monitoring series of Chinese live-fire drills
5+ hour, 7+ min ago (355+ words) TAIPEI, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Taiwan Defence Minister Wellington Koo said on Monday that the military is monitoring a series of Chinese live-fire drills taking place up and down the country's coast this week. Starting from Thursday, the China Maritime Safety Administration…...
China fast on Ukraine lessons, slow on command reform
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (913+ words) The Russia-Ukraine War has become a real-time laboratory for the Chinese military, spurring rapid defensive modernization while exposing deep friction between its centralized command hierarchy and the decentralized demands of modern combat. This month, the Center for Strategic and International…...
Taiwan detects four PLA aircraft, six PLAN vessels operating near territory
6+ hour, 4+ min ago (306+ words) Taipei [Taiwan], October 12 (ANI): Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) said on Monday (local time) that four sorties of Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, six People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels and three official ships were detected operating around…...
Taiwan to 'closely monitor' China live-fire drills
2+ hour, 53+ min ago (239+ words) Taiwan will "closely monitor" Chinese live-fire drills off China's coast this week, the democratic island's defence minister said on Monday. Chinese maritime authorities announced in recent days that drills would be held from October 12-20 in the Bohai Sea, Yellow Sea,…...