Navy ships cruise the Taiwan Straits all year round, playing a major role in safeguarding the bastion for national revival, and ocean transportation. Jane's Fighting Ships published in Great Britain records that the Republic of China ranks fourth in the world in terms of numbers of destroyers.
根據英國詹氏海軍年鑑的記載，目前中華民國海軍驅逐艦的數量佔世界第四位，某些戰艦經過成功的改裝後，火力已優於同時代的美國及世界各國的艦艇。