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The government has matched military needs with local companies' capabilities and has steadily increased the defense budget, with 2020 marking a record high. [ 9 ] In 2021 Ministry of National Defense launched an initiative to recruit foreign workers to permanent jobs in Taiwan to address local talent shortages .
The military's current primary mission is the defense of Taiwan against a possible military invasion by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of the PRC, which is seen as the predominant threat [9] [10] in the ongoing dispute over the ambiguous political status of Taiwan dating back to the de facto end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949.
The T-5, with a program cost of NT$68.6 billion, will be a new aircraft whose design will draw upon Taiwan's expertise gained by building the domestically produced Indigenous Defense Fighter. [34] In 2019 the Taiwan Air Force's Air Defense and Missile Command announced a five-year, NT$80b (US$2.54b) project to build up a full force of anti ...
China has fielded its largest regional maritime deployment in decades, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday, as it monitors what it says is a surge of Chinese military activities in the Taiwan ...
Taiwan is raising concerns about a massive deployment of Chinese naval ships and military planes in the past 24 hours, saying the build-up could eventually lead to war.
“First of all, and the most important thing, the U.S. will strongly support Taiwan’s self-defense capabilities,” Greene said. New top US envoy to Taiwan pledges to help the island with self ...
On June 7, 2019, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense confirmed that Taiwan has signed a $2 billion weapons deal with the Trump administration, which includes a purchase of 108 M1A2T (M1A2C export variant for Taiwan) Abrams battle tanks. Taiwanese defense officials intend to use the M1A2T Abrams battle tank to replace its army's M60A3 and M48H ...
Taiwan's military raised its alert on Monday after saying China had reserved airspace and deployed naval and coast guard vessels. "The current scale is the largest compared to the previous four ...