▁has ▁a ▁large ▁force ▁orient ed ▁toward ▁it ▁if ▁the ▁decision ▁was ▁ever ▁to ▁be ▁made , ▁or ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁for ▁options ▁short ▁of ▁war ▁to ▁int im id ate ▁or ▁demonstrate ▁strength , ▁such ▁as ▁a ▁block ade . ▁ ▁The ▁Taiwan ese ▁military ▁is ▁made ▁up ▁of ▁ 2 9 0 , 0 0 0 ▁personnel : ▁ 1 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁the ▁Army ; ▁ 4 5 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁the ▁Navy ▁and ▁Marine ▁Corps ; ▁and ▁ 8 0 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁the ▁Air ▁Force . ▁ ▁Though ▁the ▁Army ▁had ▁previously ▁been ▁the ▁dominant ▁service , ▁the ▁shift ▁to ▁a ▁def ensive ▁orientation ▁has ▁shift ed ▁importance ▁to ▁the ▁Navy ▁and ▁Air ▁Force ▁to ▁conduct ▁most ▁fighting ▁away ▁from ▁population ▁cent ers . ▁ ▁Given ▁the ▁current ▁budget ary ▁and ▁numerical ▁superior ity ▁of ▁the ▁Chinese ▁military , ▁Taiwan ▁has ▁moved ▁towards ▁an ▁asym metric ▁anti - access / area ▁den ial ▁system ▁to ▁imper il ▁China ' s ▁ability ▁to ▁operate ▁in ▁the ▁Taiwan ▁Stra it ▁rather ▁than ▁try ▁to ▁match ▁its ▁strength . ▁ ▁The ▁Ro CN , ▁which ▁was ▁once ▁the ▁most ▁neglect ed ▁force , ▁has ▁become ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁to ▁defeat ▁an ▁invasion ▁fleet . ▁ ▁Com b ating ▁the ▁enemy ▁fleet ▁and ▁s inking ▁transport ▁ships ▁would ▁take ▁out ▁large ▁amounts ▁of ▁the ▁ground ▁invasion ▁force ▁and ▁perman ently ▁deg rade ▁am ph ib ious ▁capabilities . ▁ ▁Sur face ▁ships ▁primarily ▁consist