Jonathan Chin

1 week ago | news.ltn.com.tw | Lo Tien-pin |Aaron Tu |Jonathan Chin

2025/05/04 03:00ADVANCES: The new tungsten-core round is designed to penetrate PLA body armor and, following successful testing, would be included in next year’s defense budgetBy Lo Tien-pin, Aaron Tu and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporters, with staff writer請繼續往下閱讀... Taiwan expects to begin mass production of the nation’s first domestically developed tungsten-core rifle ammunition next year, a high-ranking defense official said yesterday.

1 week ago | taipeitimes.com | Lo Tien-pin |Aaron Tu |Jonathan Chin

ADVANCES: The new tungsten-core round is designed to penetrate PLA body armor and, following successful testing, would be included in next year’s defense budget By Lo Tien-pin, Aaron Tu and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporters, with staff writer Taiwan expects to begin mass production of the nation’s first domestically developed tungsten-core rifle ammunition next year, a high-ranking defense official said yesterday.

1 month ago | taipeitimes.com | Lo Tien-pin |Jonathan Chin

By Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer Taiwan is stepping up plans to create self-sufficient supply chains for combat drones and increase foreign orders from the US to counter China’s numerical superiority, a defense official said on Saturday.

1 month ago | taipeitimes.com | Lo Tien-pin |Jonathan Chin

By Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer Japan is obtaining anti-ship missile capabilities that could place Chinese People’s Liberation Army vessels near Taiwan under crossfire if Japan joins forces with Taiwan, a defense official said yesterday. The comment came a day after Jiji Press reported that the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in June is to conduct target practice exercises with land-based anti-ship missiles on Japanese soil for the first time.

1 month ago | news.ltn.com.tw | Fang Wei-li |Lo Tien-pin |Jonathan Chin

2025/04/04 03:00By Fang Wei-li, Lo Tien-pin and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporters, with staff writerTaiwan’s newly procured US weapon systems are to be tested in the 41st annual Han Kuang exercise later this year, the Ministry of National Defense said on Wednesday. 請繼續往下閱讀...