Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration recently received the first Shield AI V-BAT vertical takeoff and landing surveillance drone, and will go on to receive 12 more drones of the same type in the future.
The Chinese government warned on Wednesday that Taiwan's coast guard must bear the consequences for using high-pressure water cannons against Chinese fishing boats. On the same day, the People's Liberation Army (PLA) conducted joint combat readiness patrols around Taiwan, while the U.S. State Department urged Beijing to cease its pressure.
Defense company Shield AI partners with Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) to deliver the first VBAT vertical takeoff and landing reconnaissance drone to Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration.
Taiwan's coast guard authorities used large vessels and water cannons to forcefully drive off and board for inspection cross-border CCP fishing boats, demonstrating a tough stance.
According to eyewitness accounts cited by the program, Taiwan's Coast Guard used a water cannon and fired warning shots at a mainland Chinese fishing vessel operating across the boundary in the waters of the Dongsha Islands; after the fishing boat lost power, it waited for rescue.
On the Chinese Communist Party's National Day, two CCP fishing vessels intruded into the restricted waters of Dongsha. The Taiwan Coast Guard Administration's Yunlin rushed to the scene and broadcast an order to leave; when the Jinsha refused to depart, water cannon was fired at it. The Jinsha then dropped anchor, called the Taiwanese coast guard for help, and requested 35 hot meals.
On October 1, a Taiwanese coast guard vessel drove off a Chinese fishing boat with a water cannon. Videos of the incident subsequently circulated on Chinese social media platforms, prompting netizens to question why the China Coast Guard had not responded.
On October 1, China's "Jinsha" refused to weigh anchor in the Pratas waters despite three broadcasts by Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration vessel Yunlin, and had its bridge sprayed with a water cannon for 90 seconds; it lost power while weighing anchor and departing, the Coast Guard provided hot food and assisted with towing, and the next day it was towed back by a Chinese work vessel. All personnel on board were safe.
On October 1, Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration vessel Yunlin discovered two Chinese fishing vessels anchoring and operating across the boundary in waters near Dongsha Island. After broadcasts ordering them to leave had no effect, it fired a high-pressure water cannon at the “Jinsha,” which refused to weigh anchor, for about 17 minutes. The vessel subsequently weighed anchor but lost power; the Coast Guard stood guard throughout and provided hot food, and the next day it was handed over to a Chinese work vessel for towing back. Ocean Affairs Council Minister Kuan Bi-ling confirmed the incident.
The Taiwan Coast Guard Administration stated that the Chinese research vessel Xiang Yang Hong 3 was sailing in waters southwest of Kaohsiung. A Taiwanese coast guard patrol boat was dispatched to monitor the vessel and issued radio warnings for it not to enter Taiwan's waters.
The Taiwan Coast Guard Administration expelled four Chinese coast guard ships that entered restricted waters off Kinmen and condemned their gray-zone harassment.
In 2026, the United States publicly confirmed for the first time that the U.S. Coast Guard and Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration had conducted joint patrols in the Taiwan Strait, releasing operation photos and details, while Beijing barely protested.
Chinese coast guard vessels have been carrying out regularized law enforcement patrols in the waters east of Taiwan. Taiwan's Coast Guard Administration dispatched vessels to monitor the operations throughout the process and condemned the Chinese side's move as law enforcement in name but an expansion of power in reality.
Seven lawmakers from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, New Zealand, India, the Czech Republic and Ukraine boarded a Taiwan Coast Guard patrol vessel to inspect and survey the waters around Kinmen, in a counter to Chinese coast guard patrols.
On June 27, 2026, a Taiwanese Coast Guard Administration patrol vessel faced off with a Chinese Coast Guard ship at sea, broadcasting a call to enforcement personnel urging Coast Guard officers and soldiers to go back and fight for democracy and freedom and to address the economic downturn, drawing widespread attention from public opinion on both sides of the strait.