The ministry submitted the report to the Legislative Yuan alongside the proposed defense budget and the military’s five-year force structure plan. The PLA aims to achieve conventional and nuclear second-strike capabilities that would allow it to enforce a blockade of Taiwan and prevent outside intervention, the report said.
At the same time, Beijing is expected to continue efforts to turn the Taiwan Strait into its de facto territorial waters — including frequent incursions across the median line, as well as intrusions into Taiwan’s 24 nautical mile (44.4km) contiguous zone, it said.
