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 Thunder Tiger Technology and American defense tech company Shield AI jointly demonstrated a coordinated swarm of autonomous unmanned surface vessels at the Dapeng Bay Sail......
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 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 Drone Billions Risk Becoming a Procurement Parade Without a Strategy
Money Without a Master Plan
During the Iran-U.S. conflict, Iranian drones shot down American Apache h......
Taiwan shipped 139,000 drones in the first three months of 2026, more than it exported in all of the previous year. Most were destined for Ukraine, routed through Poland and the Cz......
Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force publicly revealed a previously undisclosed long-range hypersonic strike capability on June 7 during the country's largest annual live-fire exercis......
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......
PLA Military Activity Around Taiwan: Patterns Behind the ExercisesTaiwan's Ministry of National Defense reported at 9:27 a.m. on May 4 that only two People's Liberation Army (PLA) ......
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......
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 ......
The brief ceasefire that halted the U.S.-Israel-Iran war on April 8—after fighting that began on February 28, 2026—has left Taiwan's military with a set of uncomfortable conclusion......
Chen Kuan-ju (陳冠如), chairman of the Taiwanese manufacturing company Thunder Tiger, recently revealed that the company is developing a new kamikaze attack drone. Named "Iron Triangl......
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......
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense announced March 22 that it has received its first two MQ-9B high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles from the United States. Deputy Defense Mini......
Taiwan's military exercise entered its third day on January 29, with the Navy taking center stage in demonstrations that included the first public demonstration of the domestically......
