Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has pledged a stronger air defense and a boost in military spending in the face of threats from China. The announcement came as the self-governed island marked its ...

Some Chinese online users are calling for a lightning Venezuela-style snatch of Taiwan's leaders in a prelude to taking over ...

President Lai Ching-te announced on Friday, October 10, 2025, that Taiwan will strengthen its defense capabilities with a new multi-layered air defense system called T-Dome. This move comes as Taiwan ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te on Wednesday announced a special $40 billion budget for arms purchases, including to build an air defense system with high-level detection and ...

A Chiangkong missile system and its launcher, a new-generation anti-ballistic missile air defense platform developed by Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), is ...

The biennial National Defense Report is one of Taiwan’s most important defense documents. In addition to outlining the government’s recent defense policies, it also serves to communicate to the ...

Taiwan has invested billions of dollars in HIMARS launchers for use against Chinese warships—but the systems have clear limitations in Taiwan’s enclosed terrain.

In the face of increased drills, military action, and threatening rhetoric from the People’s Republic of China, Taiwan recently announced that it’s raising its core defense spending to 3 percent and ...

KAOHSIUNG: Last week, Taiwan President William Lai unveiled a massive $40 billion supplemental defense procurement proposal, casting it as proof that the independently ruled, democratic island is ...

TAIPEI >> Taiwan will build a new multi-layered air defense system called “T-Dome” to defend itself against enemy threats and increased defense spending, President Lai Ching-te said today, calling on ...