{
  "id": 14435015,
  "title": "Taiwan turns to US drone boats to track rising mainland Chinese sea activity near island",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/taiwan-turns-to-us-drone-boats-to-track-rising-mainland-chinese-sea-14435015",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T11:00:14.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3370888/taiwan-turns-us-drone-boats-track-rising-mainland-chinese-sea-activity-near-island"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Taiwan’s coastguard is buying US-designed uncrewed surface vessels for its first dedicated drone-boat programme to strengthen its ability to detect and track the growing presence of mainland Chinese vessels operating around the island. Florida-based Maritime Tactical Systems (Martac) announced on Tuesday that the deal covered an undisclosed number of its Devil Ray T24 autonomous boats, with…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Reuters Business via SCMP",
        "title": "Taiwan turns to US drone boats to track rising mainland Chinese sea activity near island",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/taiwan-turns-to-us-drone-boats-to-track-rising-mainland-chinese-sea",
        "published": "2026-10-14T11:00:14.000Z"
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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."
}