U.S. officials have long called on Taiwan to dramatically boost its defense spending as the power gap across the Taiwan ...
The relationship between Taiwan and China remains one of the most complex and tense in modern geopolitics. While Taiwan views itself as a sovereign nation, China considers the island a breakaway ...
Taiwan has a backlog of orders from the U.S. for about $20 billion in weapons systems, while it upgrades its M-16 fighters and develops its own submarines. It has also extended compulsory military ...
As Beijing’s warships surround the island, many fear that Xi Jinping will enact his ‘political destiny’ sooner rather than ...
The weapons were ordered in 2020 during the ... million people to compete evenly with a country of 1.4 billion. Taiwan’s military is modern and well-equipped but hopelessly undersized compared ...
Problems in troop recruitment and retention in the Taiwanese military have defense analysts concerned at the island’s ability ...
CIA director Billl Burns believes Chinese President Xi Jinping has directed his military to be capable of moving against ...
Taiwan obtains most of its major military equipment and weapons from foreign providers but has also made great efforts to encourage domestic entities to develop their manufacturing capacities in ...