News in numbers


Submarines China


Diesel-powered Attack Submarines


33


¥1.55trn 81 miles


equivalent of $224bn in 2023. Source: AP News


The distance that Taiwan lies from the Chinese coast at its


nearest point. Source: US Department of Defense


Nuclear-powered Ballistic Missile Submarines


China boasts the world’s 2nd-largest military budget, spending the


4 Taiwan Diesel-powered Attack Submarines 4


Coast Guard Ships China


223 Taiwan 23 Source: US Pentagon $23bn


The amount of purchases announced by Taiwan since 2010 – with more than $5bn of that in 2020 – from the US, the only


$19.9bn


The total amount that Taiwan has allocated to its defence expenditure in 2023, an increase from $11bn


in 2019. Source: Naval Technology


country they are able to buy military equipment from. Source: Business Insider


$886bn


The world’s largest military budget in 2023 belongs to the US military. They currently have only 30 military personnel in Taiwan itself, and over 79,000


soldiers stationed permanently in nearby Japan and South Korea. Source: Reuters and Defense Manpower Data Center


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