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The military history of Taiwan spans at least 400 years and is the history of battles and armed actions that took place in Taiwan and its surrounding islands. The island was the base of Chinese pirates who came into conflict with the Ming dynasty during the 16th century. From 1624 to 1662, Taiwan was the base of Dutch and Spanish colonies.
The forerunner to CCK Air Base was built in 1936, during Japanese rule, in the vicinity of Kōkan (Japanese: 公館), hence the former name Kōkan Airport.Construction of the airfield started in 1954, and was given the highest priority of several projects begun after the situation between Taiwan and Mainland China became tense in the mid-1950s.
Given the current budgetary and numerical superiority of the Chinese military, Taiwan has moved towards an asymmetric anti-access/area denial system to imperil China's ability to operate in the Taiwan Strait rather than try to match its strength. The RoCN, which was once the most neglected force, has become the most important to defeat an ...
Taiwan's foreign minister said on Wednesday that China has built "enormous" military bases on three islands surrounding Taiwan's main holding in the South China Sea, but Taipei is not looking to ...
The latest military movement by China appears to differ from those two drills, the Taiwan official noted, with a broader deployment of naval vessels from the East China Sea to the Taiwan Strait ...
The Republic of China Army (ROCA; also known as the ROC Army or colloquially the Taiwanese Army [2]) is the largest branch of Taiwan's military, the Republic of China Armed Forces. An estimated 80% of the ROC Army is located on the island of Taiwan , while the remainder are stationed on the Penghu , Kinmen , Matsu , Dongsha , and Taiping Islands .
The number of China navy and coast guard ships in the region, which a Taiwan security source told Reuters remained at around 90, was "very alarming", and China was taking aim at other countries in ...
The Republic of China Navy (ROCN; colloquially the Taiwanese Navy) is the maritime branch of Taiwan's military, the Republic of China Armed Forces (ROCAF). [5] [6]The service was formerly commonly known as the Chinese Navy during World War II and prior to the ROC's retreat to Taiwan. [7]