Taiwan’s first new F-16, part of an order for 66 aircraft, was unveiled during a rollout ceremony at Lockheed Martin’s facilities. Lockheed Martin has

Lockheed Martin has handed over Taiwan's first F-16 Block 70 fighter at a ceremony in Greenville, South Carolina.

Taiwan's largest annual war games, held to simulate responses to a possible Chinese invasion, will publicly assume a full-scale attack for the first time in 2027. That's the year United States officials have said Chinese President Xi Jinping aims to be capable of launching a major attack on Taiwan.

China launched army, navy, air and rocket forces around Taiwan on Tuesday and labelled the Taiwanese president a “parasite” in a show of military intimation and bombastic propaganda denounced by Taipei.

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence condemned the move as an “irrational provocation”, vowing to defend its sovereignty. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) stated that the drills focus on joint sea-air combat patrols,

One analyst called China’s large-scale drills a “pre-invasion operation” as it ramps up attacks on Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te, calling him a “parasite.”

China staged various military drills all around Taiwan’s coasts on Tuesday in a show of force after US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed to counter Beijing’s “aggression” during his first trip to Asia.

A military aircraft is seen on a giant screen showing news footage about joint army, navy, air and rocket forces drills around Taiwan by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), outside a shopping mall in Beijing,