Taiwan and Its Radar Capabilities Key to the South China Sea as US-China Conflict Heightens

A JL-2 submarine-launched ballistic missile at a military parade in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, celebrating China’s seventieth anniversary. (© Kyōdō)

Chinese submarines docked at Yulin Harbor on China’s Hainan Island in the northern South China Sea.

The giant radar facility atop Mount Leshan in Hsinchu, northern Taiwan. The triangular structure housing the main antenna is roughly 30 meters on a side.