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A P-3 Orion Assisted Rescue of 10 Taiwanese Fishermen

A P-3 Orion from Patrol Squadron (VP) 1, in conjunction with the U.S. Coast Guard’s District 14, assisted in the rescue of 10 Taiwanese fishermen April 21, 700 miles off the west coast of Guam. At approximately 4:30 p.m., local time, Coast Guard Sector Guam received an initial alert from an Emergency Position Indicating Radio [...]

April 24, 2012 | Posted in Americas,Featured,News by topic,Press releases,Regional news,Top Stories | Read More »

Taiwanese Defense Ministry Plans to Start Building Own Submarines

Taiwanese defense ministry plans to kick off designing and building of own submarines, reports Defense News referring to deputy defense minister Chao Shih-chang. As for him, Taiwan still has not received eight American submarines which were promised back in 2001, and started to consider proposals of national shipbuilders. In particular, local CSBC Corporation repeatedly [...]

April 3, 2012 | Posted in Featured,News by topic,Press releases,Regional news,South & Central Asia,Training & Education | Read More »

Taiwanese Navy to Protect Fishing Boats

Taiwan has not rejected the option of dispatching navy vessels to protect Taiwanese fishing boats in the future, the Ministry of Foreign Aff… By Nancy Liu (focustaiwan) Source: focustaiwan, July 13, 2011;

July 13, 2011 | Posted in Also in the news,Asia Pacific,Authorities,Featured,News by topic,Regional news | Read More »