Taiwan
TAIPEI — About a four-minute walk from the metro station, Taiwanese troops slipped into the Tamsui River on an American-made M3 amphibious bridging vehicle, dropping pontoons and clusters of barrels rigged to explode.On the shore, six retirees in gym slacks and tennis shoes were winding down their early morning Taichi,…
TAOYUAN, TAIWAN — Nestled inside a construction yard about a mile outside Taiwan’s main airport, a platoon of M1A2T Abrams tanks lies in wait, covered by tarps and debris.One of the main battle tanks, sporting a metal anti-drone cage, roars forward while crews prepare to refuel its powerful Honeywell AGT1500…
TSOYING, TAIWAN — One of Taiwan’s new missile-capable coast guard vessels led a major littoral drill on Saturday, as the island entered the fourth day of its annual military exercises.The Bali, an Anping-class ship, headlined the joint drill on Taiwan’s southwest coast that simulated an amphibious landing attack by Chinese…
