Taiwan and weapons of mass destruction

Taiwan pursued a number of weapons of mass destruction programs from 1949 to the late 1980s. The final secret nuclear weapons program was shut down in the late 1980s under US pressure after completing all stages of weapons development besides final assembly and testing. Taiwan developed the AIDC F-CK-1 Ching-kuo and Sky Horseshort-range ballistic missile as delivery systems. Currently, there is no evidence of Taiwan possessing any chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons.

Nuclear weapons from the United States were deployed to Taiwan from 1958 to 1972, during a period of higher tensions with China, including the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis.