Mandated by the Constitution of the Republic of China and the National Defense Act, our defense undertakings aim to ensure the security of the nation and its people and maintain world peace. Externally, our national defense strategy must effectively address current imminent gray zone incursions and potential war threats from adversaries. Internally, the MND must establish a framework for the comprehensive long-term development of defense base, thereby ensuring our resilient and sustainable defensive and deterrent capabilities.
Fundamental Concepts of National Defense
- Our defense commitments focus on the goals of preventing war and maintaining peace by relying on our national defense capabilities as a strong pillar to deter foreign aggression and protect our national sovereignty, territory, and people’s.
- To address rapid changes in complex modern warfare and multi-domain security threats, we must plan and establish a defensive force capable of making rapid responses and achieving resilient defense, and develop and introduce emerging technologies and capabilities.
- To generate consensus and provide an approach to mobilize all-out defense power to protect our homeland, we must unite efforts from military, civilian and interagency to construct a resilient whole-of-society defense.
- In the international security arena, we must preserve our strategic autonomy in our national defense, actively engage in military exchanges and cooperation with international partners and build up security partnerships to collectively address regional threats and challenges.
Goals of National Defense Strategy
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Strengthening Defense Power for Resilient Overall Defense
The ROC Armed Forces embraces the principle of “averting war by preparing for it; being capable of war to stop it” and exploits the asymmetric concept to forge defense capabilities, aiming to deter reckless hostile actions, avert war, and maintain peace.
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Reforming Defense Affairs to Enhance Organizational Efficiency
By anticipating patterns of modern high-tech warfare and demands of defense missions, the MND must improve organizational efficiency, reform defense affairs, cultivate quality manpower, and develop a modernized, knowledgeable, and professional elite force.
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Promoting Self-reliant Defense to Generate Win-win Results
By executing programs to build aircraft, vessels, and UAVs domestically and applying innovative technologies such as AI, the MND must deepen the integration of civil-military technologies and enhance self-production and maintenance capabilities. Furthermore, it must promote upgrades to defense technologies and industries to achieve win-win results for both the defense and economic development.
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Collaborating HA/DR Efforts to Protect People’s Wellbeing
In the face of non-traditional security threats such as natural disasters and epidemics, the ROC Armed Forces must provide HA/DR support as directed by the government to offer timely aid and reassure the public. In addition, it must collaborate with governments at all levels through an area defense mechanism to jointly protect critical infrastructure and provide contingency reactions. Furthermore, the ROC Armed Forces must follow national ocean policies to enhance maritime patrol and implement joint fishery escort missions with the coast guard to protect maritime rights of the nation.
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Tightening Strategic Cooperation to Maintain Regional Peace
We must remain steadfast in our role as a reliable guardian for peace and continue working with global democracies to foster a peaceful unity to jointly deter threats, protect the security and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and maintain peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.