By Chen Yu-fu / Staff reporterThe Taiwan Association of University Professors yesterday urged the government to quickly announce and implement a policy of extending the conscription period from four months to one year.
ENHANCING STRENGTH: The military is following US army standards to improve conditioning for infantry tasks and bolster the fitness of its troops, defense officials saidBy Su Po-chuan and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter with staff writer and CNA
By Aaron Tu, Lo Tien-pin and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writerFormer Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology （CSIST） president Kung Chia-cheng （龔家政） made known some behind-the-scenes details of the nation’s missile development in a memoir published by Academia Sinica’s Institute of Modern History last month.
By Aaron Tu and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter and staff writer, with CNAThe Ministry of National Defense is to unveil plans to lengthen mandatory military service this month to avoid delays, Minister of National Defense Chiu Kuo-cheng （邱國正） said yesterday.
ENHANCEMENT: The sale would update Taiwan’s Patriot missile system to improve its missile defensive capability and deter threats, the US Department of State saidBloomberg