TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The military’s Fourth Theater of Operations, responsible for defense in southern Taiwan, conducted a combat readiness drill on Tuesday in response to China’s large-scale exercise.

In a war with China, Taiwan could have an asymmetric advantage with a high volume of cheap and survivable weapons, a retired admiral said.

China’s military mobilized army, navy, air and rocket units around Taiwan for two days of military drills aimed at sending a “serious warning” against any push for Taiwanese independence and “external” forces interfering with the island.

CHINA has launched terrifying new military drills around Taiwan with Beijing threatening to “annihilate” its neighbour amid escalating war fears. Xi Jinping’s army, navy and air

The M1A2T Abrams tanks that Taiwan purchased from the US participated in a combat readiness exercise in Hsinchu on Tuesday, marking the first time they had operated outside their base. The army’s 584th Armored Brigade conducted a battalion-level exercise to test troops’ ability to respond to contingencies and protect key facilities,

The Trump administration announced on Wednesday $11.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan, the largest ever U.S. weapons package for the island which is under increasing military pressure from China.

Light armored vehicles with tiny cannons don’t win wars. People and their guns do. Taiwan is presently threatened with a blockade, and perhaps even an invasion, from its larger neighbor in China. Such an action could take place at any point between now ...

Recent US weapons packages to Taiwan have largely been asymmetric capabilities, but Taiwan needs more advanced systems as well, an official said.

Beijing’s military launched a massive simulated blockade of Taiwan, sending a warning to the independent island after the U.S. approved an $11 billion arms sale.