Taiwan's military is overhauling how it links sensors, weapons, and commanders to better counter China's growing pressure, a shift that strengthens Taiwan's defenses but underscores how serious the threat has become.

• Taiwan's Defense Ministry is moving from a straight-line "kill chain" to a multi-node "kill web," tying together army, navy, air force, space, cyber, and drone capabilities so threats can be detected and struck faster across domains.
• China keeps pushing its claim over Taiwan and has not dropped the option of using force, with live-fire drills and regular harassment near Taiwan meant to wear down and test Taiwan's defenses.
• China is also leaning harder on a non-military tactic: sending coast guard ships into restricted waters near Taiwan's outlying islands, and this year for the first time sent a patrol ship to Taiwan's eastern waters, an apparent move to make it look like China already has authority over Taiwan's waters.
• Taiwan is also building up decentralized command and drone warfare, including "swarm" style drone attacks, so its forces can keep fighting even if communications or command posts are knocked out.

Outlook: Expect China to keep combining military pressure with gray-zone tactics like coast guard patrols, while Taiwan continues fast-tracking drone and networked-warfare upgrades to its defense system.