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By Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNAThe US has delivered 11 improved Phalanx close-in weapon systems and is to provide two more before the end of the year, while 400 Javelin anti-tank guided missiles are to be delivered before the end of next year, officials said yesterday.

Taipei, March 29 (CNA) The Control Yuan on Wednesday asked Taiwan's military to take steps to correct its negligence that ultimately resulted in one soldier being killed and another injured while performing maintenance on a tank in southern Taiwan in July 2022.

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

Taipei, Jan. 5 (CNA) The Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Thursday its capacity was sufficient to train conscripts once mandatory military service in Taiwan is extended to one year in 2024.

Taipei, Dec. 27 (CNA) Scholars in Taiwan called on the government to expand training capacity and introduce reforms to better meet the nation's defense needs, after an announcement Tuesday that mandatory military service will be extended from four months to one year starting in 2024, to counter the threat of an increasingly assertive China.

Taipei, Sept. 7 (CNA) Apache helicopters and Taiwan's indigenous IDF fighter jets on Wednesday fired live ammunition during an Army exercise in southern Taiwan, which is being held over four days to test the combat readiness of the nation's troops amid rising tensions with China.

ESCALATION: Last month’s 446 incursions were more than the number recorded in 2020, with Bonnie Glaser saying China is trying to wear down Taiwan’s pilotsBy William Hetherington / Staff writer with CNA

Taipei, Sept. 4 (CNA) Taiwan's Army is scheduled to hold live-fire military exercises in southern Taiwan next week that will test the combat capabilities of its various units, including its combat helicopters and armored vehicles, amid rising tensions with China, a military source told CNA on Sunday.

The army yesterday said it has punished and demoted several military officers after they failed to follow regulations during a CM-11 tank maintenance session that resulted in the death of one solider and the injury of an officer in southern Taiwan on Thursday. The Army Command Headquarters said in a statement that it has punished an undisclosed number of officers over the incident that resulted in the death of 24-year-old conscript Chuan Jo-yao (全若堯) and injured a 25-year-old sergeant surn...