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==Military parades==
[[File:Humvees National Day parade.jpg|300px|thumb|ROC [[Humvee]]s en route to the 2007 [[National Day of the Republic of China|National Day]] Military Parade]]
The Republic of China held their first military parade on 10 October 2007 for [[Double Ten Day|National Day]] celebrations since 1991. Previous parades were halted in an effort to ease the tension with the [[China|PRC]]. The parade was aimed at easing worries that the armed forces might be unprepared for a conflict with the [[China|PRC]]. The parade consisted of indigenous missiles, U.S. Patriot II and Avenger anti-missiles systems, U.S.-made F-16s, French-made Mirages and Taiwan-made IDF fighters.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/10/AR2007101000298.html|title=Taiwan Stages Military Parade|last=HUANG|first=ANNIE|date=2007-10-10|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2017-03-16|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316204413/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/10/AR2007101000298.html|archive-date=2017-03-16|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/11/world/asia/11china.html|title=China Announces Gains in Air Defense|last=Lague|first=David|date=2007-10-11|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-03-16|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316114744/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/11/world/asia/11china.html|archive-date=2017-03-16|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2015, another parade was held to mark the 70th anniversary of the defeat of Japan in 1945 in northern [[Hsinchu County|Hsinchu county]]. The parade was long at two hours and consisted of indigenous missiles, [[Boeing AH-64 Apache|Apache helicopters]] and awards for [[World War II]] veterans.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/03/09/taiwan-hold-military-parade-marking-wwii-anniversary.html|title=Taiwan to hold military parade marking WWII anniversary|work=The Jakarta Post|access-date=2017-03-16|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316114252/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/03/09/taiwan-hold-military-parade-marking-wwii-anniversary.html|archive-date=2017-03-16|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/07/04/taiwan-stands-up-to-china-with-world-war-ii-military-parade/29693053/|title=Taiwan stands up to China with World War II military parade|work=USA TODAY|access-date=2017-03-16|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316212549/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/07/04/taiwan-stands-up-to-china-with-world-war-ii-military-parade/29693053/|archive-date=2017-03-16|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dw.com/en/taiwan-marks-wwii-victory-over-japan-with-military-parade/a-18561123|title=Taiwan marks WWII victory over Japan with military parade {{!}} News {{!}} DW.COM {{!}} 04.07.2015|last=Deutsche Welle|website=DW.COM|language=en|access-date=2017-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316120913/http://www.dw.com/en/taiwan-marks-wwii-victory-over-japan-with-military-parade/a-18561123|archive-date=2017-03-16|url-status=live}}</ref>