The Taiwanese military is changing how it plans to respond to an attack by China's rapidly growing forces, adopting more mobile equipment to fight back after a landing rather than merely focusing on repelling an invasion at sea with firepower.
Taiwan's navy took delivery this week of two "carrier killer" corvettes, handed over by the shipbuilder 20 months ahead of schedule in a ceremony presided over by President Tsai Ing-wen, who had ordered the vessels to be built.
The ships have stealth capabilities that make them difficult for Chinese radar systems to spot and are also equipped with anti-ship and anti-air missiles. Taiwan now has six of the corvettes and aims to bring the total to 11 by 2026.
The vessels are part of a greater emphasis on small, mobile weaponry to deal more effectively with China's overwhelming force advantage.
The 2023 edition of the National Defense Report from Taiwan's defense ministry lays out a "defense in depth" strategy and includes an operational plan envisioning a landing by Chinese troops. The goal is to leverage defenses on the island to bog down China's advance, buying time for U.S. support to arrive
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