{"id":6029,"date":"2021-04-13T10:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T10:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=6029"},"modified":"2021-04-13T10:00:12","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T10:00:12","slug":"taiwan-launches-amphibious-transport-dock-to-meet-defence-needs-in-south-china-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=6029","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan launches amphibious transport dock to meet defence needs in South China Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostTaiwan\u2019s navy has launched its first modern amphibious assault and transport vessel to meet its needs in the disputed South China Sea, where Beijing and Washington are flexing their military muscle amid rising tensions.President Tsai Ing-wen attended a launch ceremony for the NT$4.6 billion (US$162 million) landing platform dock, or LPD \u2013 fitted with two anti-aircraft missiles and other weapons \u2013 in the southern port city of Kaohsiung on Tuesday.\u201cThe launch of the navy\u2019s first 10,000-tonne LPD,\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3129368\/taiwan-launches-amphibious-transport-dock-meet-defence-needs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: South China Morning PostTaiwan\u2019s navy has launched its first modern amphibious assault and transport vessel to meet its needs in the disputed South China Sea, where Beijing and Washington&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6029"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}