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Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense decided to share a video showing a Chien Hsiang kamikaze drone destroying a target. The barrage munition was first demonstrated in 2017. Taiwanese authorities emphasize the high value of unmanned aircraft systems. The war in Ukraine is a perfect example of this. Inexpensive kamikaze drones can provide the island nation with […]
Taiwan is demonstrating by its own example how to create a long-range cruise missile and keep it secret for more than a decade. It’s called HF-2E and it’s the first time it’s been in a camera lens. The real historical event took place during military exercises. Taiwanese media claim that the photo shows an HF-2E. […]
Taiwan is looking for investors to help it build its own satellite Internet system, similar to the Starlink system that played an important role during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This should help it defend against a possible attack by China, the Financial Times reports, citing its own sources. Talks are currently underway with several […]
On January 4, 2023, Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) amended the ‘List of high-tech goods exported to Russia and Belarus’, expanding the number of goods subject to export control. It is also in line with the implementation of international cooperation and preventing the export of high-tech goods for military use. The amendment entered into […]
The Zhongshan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), together with the Chien Hsiang kamikaze drone, which can fly 1,000 km and reach speeds of up to 600 km/h, presented two more novelties. The first model is Teng Yun. Outwardly, the unmanned aerial vehicle resembles the American MQ-9 Reaper drone. Next year, it will undergo a […]
Days after publishing “his vision” for ending the Russian-Ukrainian war, billionaire Elon Musk made another controversial statement, suggesting that tensions between China and Taiwan could be eased by handing some control over Taiwan to Beijing. He touched on this topic in an interview with the Financial Times published on October 7, answering a question about […]
Taiwanese company ASUS is considering a plan to evacuate staff and close business in Russia. The Minister of Economy of Taiwan made such a statement after the address of the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov. On March 10, Fedorov wrote a letter on Twitter to ASUS chairman Johnny Shea, urging the company to […]