Harriers for Taiwan? Think Again
Harriers would seem to offer a head-on straight solution to the tactical dilemma facing Taiwan. But close analysis reveals that the aircraft isn’t worth the trouble
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Taiwan’s Fighter Jet Fleet: Inventory and Procurement Options (2015 update)
Taiwan’s fighter jet fleet and future procurement options (2015 update)
Infographic: Taiwan’s air force and naval aviation
Up-to-date order of battle of the ROC Air Force and ROC Navy Naval Aviation organized by designated units and geographic location of air bases and naval air stations
China’s New S-400 SAM: Implications for Taiwan
China has a wide range of options to make the skies over Taiwan a hostile territory for Taiwanese pilots, but its new advanced air defense system is not likely to be one of them.
Don’t Write Taiwan’s Air Force Off Just Yet
Taiwan needs anti-access strategy, but it also needs an air force to complement it.
A Millennium Challenge for Taiwan’s Military
What can Taiwan learn from a decade-old exercise in which the weaker party prevailed against its much more formidable opponent? The days when Taiwan could be confident that it had […]
Top Gun: A Case of F-35 for Taiwan
Written by Liao Yen-Fan* Despite its critics, F-35 remains an ideal solution to problems faced by ROCAF A review of the deteriorating situation and the struggle for F-35 The deteriorating […]
Taiwan’s Defence Policy under Ma Ying-jeou
Since the 1990s each ROC President has played an important role in shaping Taiwan’s defence strategy, a process that reflects differences in their cross-Strait policies, the mind-set of other important […]
Taiwan’s Air Force: Inventory and Procurement Options
According to U.S.-Taiwan Business Council’s report, Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) currently has 145 F-16A/Bs, 57 Mirage 2000D/Es, 126 IDFs, and 60 F-5E/Fs. However, not all the planes are […]
The best defense is a good offense: Taiwan’s counter-strike capability
Taiwan’s military is to a considerable extent of defensive nature. This is driven by the general assumption – reflected in major defense policy documents such as Quadrennial Defense Review and 2011 National […]
