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1 week ago | news.ltn.com.tw | Lo Tien-pin |Jake Chung

2025/04/18 03:00By Lo Tien-pin and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writerThe army is seeking to purchase an additional 30 Sikorsky UH-60 Armed Black Hawk helicopters, as well as looking into upgrading its fleet of UH-60M Black Hawks with Hellfire missiles, rockets and autocannons, a source with knowledge of the matter said yesterday on condition of anonymity. 請繼續往下閱讀...

1 week ago | taipeitimes.com | Lo Tien-pin |Jake Chung

By Lo Tien-pin and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer The army is seeking to purchase an additional 30 Sikorsky UH-60 Armed Black Hawk helicopters, as well as looking into upgrading its fleet of UH-60M Black Hawks with Hellfire missiles, rockets and autocannons, a source with knowledge of the matter said yesterday on condition of anonymity.

1 week 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 week 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.

2 weeks ago | taipeitimes.com | Lo Tien-pin |Jake Chung

By Lo Tien-pin and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer China is under immense pressure due to a slowing economy, government corruption and public discontent, which, combined with a high unemployment rate, have given rise to increasing pessimism of young people, the National Security Bureau (NSB) said in a report yesterday.