China to hold military drills around Taiwan
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Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense reported that the Army’s 584th Armored Brigade conducted a battalion-level combat-readiness reconnaissance and patrol in the Hsinchu area with its newly formed M1A2T tank battalion.
In a war with China, Taiwan could have an asymmetric advantage with a high volume of cheap and survivable weapons, a retired admiral said.
Beijing did not take the announcement well, saying the offer of the arms package "grossly violates the one-China principle," undermines stability in the region and "sends a gravely wrong signal to 'Taiwan independence' separatists forces.
Taiwan's army on Thursday displayed the fire power of its first US-sourced M1A2T Abrams tanks – a traditional weapon that analysts say will need to be increasingly protected against drones in any future battle given lessons from the Ukraine war.
Light armored vehicles with tiny cannons don’t win wars. People and their guns do. Taiwan is presently threatened with a blockade, and perhaps even an invasion, from its larger neighbor in China. Such an action could take place at any point between now ...
The Trump administration announced on Wednesday $11.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, the largest ever U.S. weapons package for the island which is under increasing military pressure from China.
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Army has begun conversion training for its second batch of 42 Abrams tanks. The tanks, which arrived in Taiwan in July, were deployed to the Kengzikou proving grounds last week, CNA reported. Starting Monday, tank crews will conduct live-fire training to test their gun and targeting systems.
China has announced sanctions against 20 American defense companies and their top executives following Washington’s historic weapons sales package to Taiwan last week. The latest round of countermeasures raises the question: do these sanctions carry any real weight,
There is broad consensus in the Washington defense policy community, the Pentagon, and elected officials that China is the United States’ biggest foreign threat.
LONDON (AP) — Russia is selling military equipment and technology to China that could help Beijing prepare for an airborne invasion of Taiwan, according to an analysis of leaked Russian documents by a London think tank. The authors of the analysis at the ...