Taiwan's armed forces wrapped up their most operationally demanding live-fire exercise in recent years on August 14, completing ten straight days and nine nights of uninterrupted d......
Since the People's Liberation Army's encirclement drills around Taiwan in August 2022, I have tracked defense ministry disclosures and other open sources closely enough to notice a......
Taiwan's Air Force Fourth Wing on Aug. 11 publicly unveiled a domestically developed drone defense system for the first time during Han Kuang 42, deploying it in a live base-protec......
AH-64E Apache attack helicopters from Taiwan's Army Aviation and Special Forces Command touched down at the Coast Guard Administration's (CGA) headquarters in Wenshan District, Tai......
Taiwan's Marine Corps Amphibious Reconnaissance and Patrol Unit practiced stay-behind operations on Aug. 12, 2026, using personnel de-identification, civilian vehicle cover, and sm......
Taiwan's Fourth Operational Zone restructured its forces on Aug. 12, 2026, integrating Thunderbolt-2000 multiple launch rocket system units and Land Sword II surface-to-air missile......
Two battalions from Taiwan's Second Operational Zone completed the Han Kuang exercise's first-ever cross-operational zone reinforcement mission on the night of August 9–10, driving......
Taiwan's military activated the U.S. Army's Rapid Decision-Making and Synchronization Process (RDSP) during live port defense drills on August 10, the sixth day of Han Kuang 42, as......
Taiwan's military deployed mobile Hsiung Feng anti-ship missile launchers to the Penghu Islands for the first time on August 9, the fifth day of the island's 42nd Han Kuang live-fi......
Taiwan kicked off Han Kuang 42, its largest annual live-force military exercise, on August 5, with the ten-day drill drawing sharply divergent reactions on both sides of the Taiwan......
Taiwan is set to launch its largest live-fire war games in years on August 5, with Defense Minister Wellington Koo (顧立雄) revealing in an exclusive briefing that American military a......
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te personally joined a Han Kuang 42 drill for the first time on August 5, boarding a fleet of CM-32 Yunpao armored vehicles that surged through central T......
Taiwan's military launched the live-fire phase of its 42nd Han Kuang annual defense exercise on August 5, airlifting Marine Corps forces from the south of the island to the north a......
Taiwan's defense minister pushed back on July 27 against media reports claiming that President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) was being scheduled to inspect live-fire drills during Han Kuang 4......
More than 5,000 reservists will be mobilized for this year's Han Kuang 42 exercise — the largest reserve call-up in the drill's history — as Taiwan's military simultaneously activa......
Taiwan's military deployed ground forces to Orchid Island for the first time in nearly 30 years during a joint defense exercise that concluded on July 17, marking a significant rea......
Taiwan is building a "next-generation ground combat wireless network" designed to keep military commanders connected to troops — and to police, firefighters, and hospitals — even i......
