Tag: Taiwan

The Taiwanese Ministry of Defense has just announced that 71 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft had entered the Taiwanese Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), of which 47 of the detected aircraft (J-11*12, SU-30*6, CH-4 UCAV RECCE*1, J-10*6, J-16*18, Y-8 EW*1, Y-8 ASW*1, KJ-500*1, WZ-7 UAV RECCE*1) had crossed the...

The United States has proposed selling Taiwan a PAC-3 Missile Segment upgrade for its Patriot air defense systems, a deal worth an estimated $882 million, according to a State Department notice obtained by Bloomberg News. The upgrade is significant as it would provide up to 100 highly advanced “hit-to-kill” Pac-3...

Details have emerged today concerning how Taiwanese Army Colonel Hsiang Te-en was paid by Chinese intelligence to surrender if there was an invasion by China. Over the past four years, he was paid the equivalent of $1,280 US every month in return for his promise to surrender. Below is a...

The head of the United States Navy recently warned of the possibility of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan before 2024. Admiral Mike Gilday, chief of naval operations, said that the U.S had to consider that China could take action against Taiwan much sooner then expected. He made these comments...

United States President Joe Biden plans to ask Congress to approve an estimated $1.1 billion arms sales to the self-ruled island of Taiwan, including 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles, according to Politico. The package, still in early stages, reportedly includes 60 AGM-84L Harpoon Block II missiles for...

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has reported that 21 Chinese PLA aircraft entered its Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on August 2, 2022, which comes as United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan. It was not specified what time the incursions happened, so it is unclear if...