{
  "id": 10834587,
  "title": "Taiwan plans US$850 million ammunition spend to prepare for potential PLA blockade",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/taiwan-plans-us-850-million-ammunition-spend-to-prepare-for-potential",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-30T02:00:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3369212/taiwan-plans-us850-million-ammunition-spend-prepare-potential-pla-blockade"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Taiwan’s military plans to spend more than NT$27 billion (US$850 million) to quadruple critical ammunition stocks to 120 days’ supply, strengthening its ability to sustain combat operations during a wartime blockade. The proposed six-year “urgent ammunition replenishment” programme, running from this year until 2031, comes as Taipei seeks to strengthen its ability to keep fighting if a…",
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        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Taiwan plans US$850 million ammunition spend to prepare for potential PLA blockade",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/30/taiwan-plans-us-850-million-ammunition-spend-to-prepare-for-potential-10835674",
        "published": "2026-09-30T02:00:17.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}