![]() ![]() "The way they execute the operations addresses possible challenges in real combat situations," he added. "This year's drills are more realistic, unlike previous exercises that were merely running through routines," Chou Yu-Ping, a retired air force colonel in Taiwan, told DW. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Taiwan holds military exercises: DW'S Yuchen Li reports Taiwanese military experts told DW that the government was taking the drills more seriously this year, as the threat from Beijing had grown. Just days before Taiwan's war games, China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) sent 34 warships and warplanes around the island for a duration of two days, Taiwan's Defence Ministry reported. On Thursday, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen attended an anti-landing drill at the Port of Taipei for inspection, telling local media that the exercises reaffirm the island's "resolute commitment" to defending itself.įor the past three years, China has been carrying out live-fire military exercises around Taiwan more frequently than before. China sees the island as part of its own territory. The ever-present fears of a mainland Chinese invasion in Taiwan were exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The drills include multiple simulated scenarios of China's military attacking the self-ruled island. This week, Taiwan's forces held five-day annual military drills, the Han Kuang Exercise, to ramp up the island's combat readiness. ![]()
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