Editor's Foreword

TAIWAN (REPUBLIC OF CHINA)
Army 3 trg camp (incl inf and arty)
THAILAND
Army 1 trg camp (arty, cbt engr)
TIMOR LESTE
UN • UNMIT 2 obs
UNITED STATES
Air force trg units at Luke AFB (AZ) with F-16 C/D;
Mountain Home AFB (ID) with F-15E (F-15 SG from 2009);
AH-64D Apache hel at Marana (AZ); 6+ CH-47D Chinook
hel at Grand Prairie (TX)
FOREIGN FORCES
United States US Pacific Command: Army 8; Navy 83;
USAF 13; USMC 18; 1 USN support facility located at
Changi naval base; 1 USAF log spt sqn located at Paya
Lebar air base
Taiwan (Republic of China) ROC
New Taiwan Dollar
NT$
2008 2009 2010
GDP NT$ 12.3tr 11.2tr
US$ 380bn 349bn
per capita US$ 16,599 15,172
Growth % 0.1 4.1
In�ation % 4.1
Def bdgt NT$ 341bn 315bn
US$ 10.49bn 9.78bn
US$1=NT$ 32.5 32.2
Population 22,974,347
Ethnic groups: Taiwanese 84%; mainland Chinese 14%
Age 0–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–64 65 plus
Male 10% 4% 4% 4% 24% 5%
Female 9% 3% 4% 4% 23% 5%
Capabilities
ACTIVE 290,000 (Army 200,000 Navy 45,000 Air
45,000) Paramilitary 17,000
Terms of service 12 months
RESERVE 1,657,000 (Army 1,500,000 Navy 67,000
Air Force 90,000)
Army reservists have some obligation to age 30
ORGANISATIONS BY SERVICE
Army ε200,000 (incl MP)
FORCES BY ROLE
Comd 4 defence HQ
Army 3 corps
Armd 5 bde
Armd Inf 1 bde
Inf 28 bde
East Asia and Australasia
Avn/SF 1 comd (1 spec war bde, 3 avn bde)
Mot Inf 3 bde
SSM 1 coastal def bn
427
Missile Command
AD 1 AD msl comd (2 AD / SAM gp (total: 6 SAM bn
with total of 100 MIM-23 HAWK; with up to 6 PAC-
3 Patriot (systems); up to 6 Tien Kung I Sky Bow /
Tien Kung II Sky Bow))
Reserves
Lt Inf 7 div
EQUIPMENT BY TYPE
MBT 926+: 376 M-60A3; 100 M-48A5; 450+ M-48H Brave
Tiger
LT TK 905: 230 M-24 Chaffee (90mm gun); 675 M-41/Type-
64
AIFV 225 CM-25 (M-113 with 20–30mm cannon)
APC 950
APC (T) 650 M-113
APC (W) 300 LAV-150 Commando
ARTY 1,815+
SP 405: 105mm 100 M-108; 155mm 245: 225 M-109A2/M-
109A5; 20 T-69 ; 203mm 60 M-110
TOWED 1,060+: 105mm 650 T-64 (M-101); 155mm 340+:
90 M-59; 250 T-65 (M-114); M-44; 203mm 70 M-115
COASTAL 127mm ε50 US Mk 32 (reported)
MRL 300+: 117mm Kung Feng VI; 126mm Kung Feng III/
Kung Feng IV; RT 2000 Thunder (KF towed and SP)
MOR
SP 81mm M-29
TOWED 81mm M-29; 107mm
AT MSL 1,060: SP TOW
MANPATS 60 Javelin; TOW
RCL 500+: 90mm M-67; 106mm 500+: 500 M-40A1; Type-
51
HELICOPTERS
ATK 101: 62 AH-1W Cobra; 39 OH-58D Warrior
SPT 9 CH-47SD Super D Chinook
UTL 80 UH-1H Iroquois
TRG 30 TH-67 Creek
UAV Mastiff III
AD • SAM up to 678+
SP 76: 74 FIM-92A Avenger; 2 M-48 Chaparral
TOWED up to 137: 25 MIM-104 Patriot; 100 MIM-23
HAWK; up to 6 PAC-3 Patriot (systems); up to 6 Tien
Kung I Sky Bow/Tien Kung II Sky Bow
MANPAD 465+ FIM-92A Stinger
GUNS 400
SP 40mm M-42
TOWED 40mm L/70
MSL • SSM Ching Feng
East Asia and
Australasia