Taiwan Moves Conscripts Into Frontline Joint Live-Fire Training to Bolster Deterrence
Taiwan plans to embed one-year conscripts into battalion-level units attached to combined-arms brigades and to train them in high-intensity joint live-fire exercises, according to a 7 Feb 2026 report. The initiative aims to shift conscripts from static garrison roles to integrated war-fighting tasks, but faces constraints including training capacity and concerns about inexperience and public resolve.