Taiwan
Total Military Force
Active: 290,000
Reserves: 1,657,500
Army (200,000)
10 Infantry Divisions
2 Mechanized Infantry Divisions
2 Airborne Brigades
6 Independent Armed Brigades
Navy (45,000)
Bases: Tsoying (HQ), Makung (Pescadores), Keelung, Hualien (ASW HQ)
Air Force (45,000)
Flight Hours: 180
Forces Abroad and Foreign Forces
Independent
US: F-16 Conversion Unit @ Luke AFB, AZ
The following forces are currently stationed in the Taiwan:
Singapore: 3 Tactical Recon Group Camps
Paramilitary (26,650)
Coast Guard: 22,000
Maritime Police: 1,000
Strategic Force
Taiwan does not have nuclear weapons. However, Taiwan has made attempts to organize production of plutonium on an experimental basis. Imported nuclear technologies, knowledge, and equipment do not enable Taiwan to create nuclear weapons, but do provide the necessary basis for work in the nuclear field and may accelerate nuclear weapons development, if such a decision is made. Taiwan is a member of the Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons. To increase transparency, Taiwan is implementing the IAEA's new, more effective safeguards, known as "Program 93+2."
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| Taiwan * |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
| GDP |
115bn |
121bn |
|
| Defense Exp |
1.9bn |
1.8bn |
|
| Defense Bdgt |
1.7bn |
1.8bn |
1.9bn |
| Foreign Military Assistance (US) |
2.8m |
3.0m |
3.7m |
* All figures in US dollars.
Links:
Specific Taiwan Conventional Weapons Systems
FAS on Taiwan Nuclear Capabilities
The International Institute for Strategic Studies
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