Lieutenant General Sun Li-fang details Taiwan's defense plans against Chinese gray-zone operations and potential naval blockade threats from the PLA.

Taiwan’s army commissioned a new fleet of US-made Abrams M1A2T tanks on Friday in a ceremony attended by President Lai Ching-te, marking a significant step in the island’s ongoing effort to modernize its military amid rising tensions with China.

China's military activity near Taiwan has been reported by Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence. Six PLA aircraft and eight PLAN vessels were detected operating around the island. Taiwan is actively reviewing and reforming its military and national security framework.

Both sides of the Taiwan Strait are girding for would be the most difficult seaborne invasion since World War II.

William Lai is lurching toward formal independence, which could trigger a catastrophic U.S.-China war, writes Lyle Goldstein.

The best way to reverse this dynamic and achieve a substantial reduction in military activities around Taiwan is for both Washington and Beijing to show greater respect for each other’s core positions.

As Taiwan pushes for defense self-sufficiency, mismanagement and limited resources threaten to sink its most ambitious program. This is not good news for Washington.

In a post on X, the MND stated that one out of the five sorties crossed the median line and entered the country's southwestern Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ).