The ministry said the military would prioritise targeting the incoming adversary – including amphibious fleets and logistics support forces – as they mobilised and moved across the Taiwan Strait, aiming to disrupt an attack before it reached the island’s shores.
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The approach forms part of a broader “joint anti-landing operations” doctrine, designed to “deny, delay and degrade” PLA forces at every stage of a cross-strait assault, according to the procurement report tabled at the Legislative Yuan.
It said Beijing was expected to combine long-range rocket strikes on Taiwan’s critical infrastructure with a large-scale amphibious operation, using warships and requisitioned civilian vessels to ferry troops across the strait.
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Submarines and coastguard ships could also be deployed to enforce a blockade and cut off external support.
