China has spent recent years launching a steady stream of rockets to put satellites into orbit, and some of those launches have crossed into Taiwan's air defense identification zon......
Taiwan's National Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology announced last Wednesday that a satellite launch vehicle test at the Jiupeng Base (九鵬基地) in Pingtung veered off cou......
Taiwan's state defense research agency conducted its first-ever satellite launch vehicle test on August 19, only to watch the rocket crash moments after liftoff when an early traje......
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......
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......
Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), the island's state-run defense research body, and U.S. defense technology company Shield AI announced on ......
Taiwan's legislature has blocked funding for unmanned military systems for months, and Defense Minister Wellington Koo (顧立雄) is no longer masking his alarm. The impasse, he warned ......
President Lai Ching-te (賴清德) traveled to Taiwan's National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) on July 23 to press the opposition-controlled legislature — Taiwa......
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense has quietly elevated drone planning to the Vice Chief of the General Staff level, establishing an internal task force to coordinate the island......
Taiwan's legislature recently approved a NT$780 billion special defense budget ceiling that stripped out all planned commercial purchases and commissioned development of unmanned v......
The National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) has publicly unveiled its Kestrel II anti-armor rocket, a domestically developed weapon designed to bolster Tai......
Brandon Tseng (曾國光), the president and co-founder of San Diego-based AI defense startup Shield AI, cuts an unlikely figure for a former Navy SEAL — warm and approachable, nothing l......
Taiwan's Executive Yuan on April 30 outlined the structure of a NT$1.25 trillion special defense procurement budget, with NT$335 billion earmarked specifically for unmanned vehicle......
The briefing was not announced publicly. No press release went out, no official schedule was published. But at the 2025 Taipei Aerospace and Defense Technology Exhibition, Vice Pre......
In the spring of 2016, a Hsiung Feng III (雄風三型) anti-ship missile launched from a Republic of China Navy frigate and struck a fishing vessel off the coast of Penghu. A crew member ......
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense has for the first time released detailed spending figures and quantities for its massive NT$1.25 trillion ($38.5 billion) special arms procure......
Taiwan's defense special legislation has been deadlocked for months. The dispute started with a name. KMT legislator Hsu Chiao-hsin (徐巧芯) insisted the bill be called "Arms Procurem......
A prominent Washington think tank is urging Taiwan to transform the Taiwan Strait into an unmanned "hellscape" to deter a potential Chinese invasion. However, domestic political gr......
Taiwan's military has been developing asymmetric warfare strategies in recent years, with the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST) showcasing multiple u......
