Taiwan in January 2026: the most important developments in security
Taiwan's security news in January 2026 opened with the crash of an F-16 fighter jet off the island's eastern coast on 6 January. Taiwan launched a search for the missing pilot, and the search for the pilot and the jet continued into a third day on 8 January.
Arms were the other main subject. Taiwan's arms spending raised tensions with China on 14 January. On 15 January Taiwan said more US arms sales were in the pipeline, and on 16 January drills were justified as a response to arms sales to Taiwan. On 21 January it was reported that around 4,000 cyberattack incidents originating from Taiwan were investigated in 2025.
by WorldBrief & Maksim Micheliov | AI-generated summary
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