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Taiwan defense modernization
![Taiwan Revives Civilian Leadership of Defense Taiwan Revives Civilian Leadership of Defense](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-05-16-182329.jpg)
Taiwan Revives Civilian Leadership of Defense
By Calvin Chu
Can the Lai administration finally break through the insular defense bureaucracy to enforce necessary reforms?
![The KMT’s Defense Policy: Toward a Symmetric Posture The KMT’s Defense Policy: Toward a Symmetric Posture](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-04-01-124359.jpg)
The KMT’s Defense Policy: Toward a Symmetric Posture
By Dee Wu
Taiwan's opposition party has adopted a very different posture on defense issues than the ruling DPP.
![Taiwan Watches the Ukraine Invasion and Asks: Are We Ready? Taiwan Watches the Ukraine Invasion and Asks: Are We Ready?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-03-15-134502.jpg)
Taiwan Watches the Ukraine Invasion and Asks: Are We Ready?
By Brian Hioe
The invasion of Ukraine has sparked a conversation about how well Taiwan’s armed forces and civilian population are prepared to fend off a Chinese invasion.
![Taiwan Mass Producing New Long-Range Missile Taiwan Mass Producing New Long-Range Missile](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-03-26-6.jpg)
Taiwan Mass Producing New Long-Range Missile
By Steven Stashwick
The announcement followed January tests and included news of three more missiles in development.
![Taiwan Starts Production of First Domestically Made Submarines Taiwan Starts Production of First Domestically Made Submarines](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-48054869131_4097eb4c13_k.jpg)
Taiwan Starts Production of First Domestically Made Submarines
By Nick Aspinwall
President Tsai Ing-wen called the submarine production crucial to Taiwan’s development of asymmetric warfare capabilities.
![Taiwan’s Overall Defense Concept, Explained Taiwan’s Overall Defense Concept, Explained](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-11-02-11.jpg)
Taiwan’s Overall Defense Concept, Explained
By Lee Hsi-min and Eric Lee
The concept’s developer explains the asymmetric approach to Taiwan’s defense.
![Is Taiwan Looking to Diversify Its Defense Partnerships? Is Taiwan Looking to Diversify Its Defense Partnerships?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-05-19-7.jpg)
Is Taiwan Looking to Diversify Its Defense Partnerships?
By Eleanor Albert
While the U.S. remains far and away Taiwan's biggest source of arms, other countries could be important partners as well.
![Time for Taiwan to Scrap the Indigenous Diesel Submarine Time for Taiwan to Scrap the Indigenous Diesel Submarine](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-48269530096_3012b75b50_k.jpg)
Time for Taiwan to Scrap the Indigenous Diesel Submarine
By Michael A. Hunzeker and Joseph Petrucelli
The stakes are too high for Taiwan to waste money on outdated programs.
![Taiwan’s Difficult-Yet-Viable Indigenous Submarine Project Needs Cross-Party Support Taiwan’s Difficult-Yet-Viable Indigenous Submarine Project Needs Cross-Party Support](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_19129155188962.jpg)
Taiwan’s Difficult-Yet-Viable Indigenous Submarine Project Needs Cross-Party Support
By Yawen Tsao
Han Kuo-yu’s controversial comments on the submarine project spark a backlash.
![Taiwan Unveils Model of Indigenously-Designed Diesel-Electric Attack Submarine Taiwan Unveils Model of Indigenously-Designed Diesel-Electric Attack Submarine](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_19129155188962.jpg)
Taiwan Unveils Model of Indigenously-Designed Diesel-Electric Attack Submarine
By Franz-Stefan Gady
The model was revealed on May 9 during a groundbreaking ceremony for a submarine shipyard in the southern port city of Kaohsiung.
![Taiwan’s Indigenous Submarine to Be Based on European Design Taiwan’s Indigenous Submarine to Be Based on European Design](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-03-22_15-14-58.jpg)
Taiwan’s Indigenous Submarine to Be Based on European Design
By Franz-Stefan Gady
Taiwan’s future diesel-electric attack submarine fleet will be based on European design, according to local media reports.
![Taiwan’s Future Submarines Should Be Unmanned Taiwan’s Future Submarines Should Be Unmanned](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2017-02-16_15-09-28.jpg)
Taiwan’s Future Submarines Should Be Unmanned
By Tobias Burgers and Scott N. Romaniuk
Taiwan faces a steep learning curve in building submarines, but it has proven expertise in unmanned systems.
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