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China’s New S-400 SAM: Implications for Taiwan
SA-2 “Guideline” missile launcher at Muzeyon Heyl ha-Avir, Hatzerim airbase, Israel. Image Credit: CC by Bukvoed/Wikimedia Commons. June 1982 is a watershed in the history of modern air power for two...
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China’s ADIZ in the South China Sea: Coming Soon to a Sea Near You?
Map depicting the original line from 1947 and the latest modifications from 2009. Image Credit: U.S. Department of Defense In November 2013, China took its neighbors by surprise with the declaration of...
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Will China Buy French-built Mistral Ships?
Do you have US$1.7 billion to spare? If yes, then you may have a shot at two Mistral-class amphibious attack ships (aka helicopter carriers) that France built for the Russian navy. For that price (at...
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VOTE 2016: How Much Should Candidates Say About Defense?
The aftershocks of the Nov. 29 nine-in-one election earthquake that delivered a spectacular defeat to the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) are still being felt, and already another campaign is about to...
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Taiwan’s Invisible Frontier: Cyberspace
It has been a long since anyone fired in anger across the Taiwan Strait. The last large-scale outbreak of hostilities was the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis and minor clashes throughout the 1960s. Since...
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China, Taiwan, and the Challenge of Military Transformation
Early on the morning of Jan. 17, 1991, began a series of events that have had a considerable impact on Chinese military modernization and the military balance across the Taiwan Strait. A U.S.-led...
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China’s Aircraft Carrier Program: Implications for Taiwan and the Region
Ever since the surprising attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, the aircraft carrier has become a symbol of naval power and an ultimate power projection tool. Nothing has epitomized the U.S. global...
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Can the European Experience Provide Inspiration for Cross-Strait Relations?
At the end of September, President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) spoke with EU parliamentarians via videoconference in what will likely be one of his last foreign policy engagements. President Ma focused on...
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Taiwan’s Submarine Program: Lessons from the Past and Expected Challenges
Written by Michal Thim. The winner of the 2016 presidential election will have the unenviable responsibility of pushing Taiwan’s nascent indigenous submarine program forward. During the 1982 Falklands...
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Harriers for Taiwan? Think Again
Taiwan’s air force has been trying for years to acquire new additions to its existing fleet of indigenous F-CK-1, French Mirage 2000, and U.S. F-16, all of which were delivered in the 1990s. Even...
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