Taiwan builds up mobile defenses to fight off possible Chinese landing

TAIPEI -- The Taiwanese military is changing how it plans to respond to an attack by China's rapidly growing forces, adopting more mobile equipment to fight back after a landing rather than merely focusing on repelling an invasion at sea with firepower.

Taiwan's navy took delivery this week of two "carrier killer" corvettes, handed over by the shipbuilder 20 months ahead of schedule in a ceremony presided over by President Tsai Ing-wen, who had ordered the vessels to be built.