Taiwan Selects First Kang Ding-Class Frigate for Upgrade
The Taiwan Navy (ROC Navy) has allocated a budget of 43.1 billion New Taiwan dollars (1.37 billion USD) to upgrade its 6 Kang Ding-class (La Fayette) frigates starting in 2022.
19 Dec 2022
The Taiwan Navy (ROC Navy) has allocated a budget of 43.1 billion New Taiwan dollars (1.37 billion USD) to upgrade its 6 Kang Ding-class (La Fayette) frigates starting in 2022.
07 Sep 2022
Ship spotter photo shows Taiwan Navy's test ship Kaohsiung (LCC-1) equipped with a new variant of the Sea Oryx missile system.
29 Jul 2022
Taiwanese Armed Forces carried out live-fire part of the annual Han Kuang exercises (漢光演習) across Taiwan and its outlying islands between 26 and 29 July 2022.
31 Jan 2022
According to the latest Taiwanese cabinet report, the assembly of pressure hull blocks for the indigenous submarine is expected to be finished by the end of June 2022.
18 Jan 2022
On January 11, Taiwan's parliament approved a NT$236.95 billion (US$8.55 billion) special budget for weapons procurement.
16 Nov 2021
Taiwan' shipbuilder China Shipbuilding Corporation (CSBC) today laid the keel of the first submarine known as Indigenous Defense Submarine (IDS).
10 Sep 2021
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) submitted a budget proposal of NT$471.7 billion (US$17.05 billion) to the parliament for the procurement of defense systems on August 31.
09 Sep 2021
The second Tuo Chiang class corvette, Ta Chiang (塔江,PGG-619) was officially commissioned today with the Republic of China (ROC) Navy during a ceremony in presence of Taiwan's President, Tsai Ing-wen.
30 Aug 2021
Taiwan's government has approved the 2022 national defense budget. The total defense budget for 2022 is estimated to be NT$372.6 billion (US$13.34 billion), a 3% increase from 2021.
09 Aug 2021
August 4, 2021, Taiwan’s defense ministry-own media, Military News Agency reported that CSBC Corporation held a steel cutting ceremony of ROC Navy’s new rescue and salvage ship (ARS).