The “Han Kuang” exercises in late July would see the military practise defending Taoyuan airport. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TAIPEI - Taiwan’s annual military drills will for the first time involve defending the island’s main international airport and also training to keep the sea lanes open in the event of a Chinese blockade, officials said on Tuesday.
Taiwan’s defence ministry said the “Han Kuang” exercises in late July would see the military defending Taoyuan international airport, the island’s most important air link with the rest of the world, from an airborne assault of paratroopers and helicopters. “The Taoyuan airport is aimed at the enemy threat, and designed with its main focus as anti-airborne exercises,” Mr Lin Wen-huang, who heads Taiwan’s defence ministry’s combat and planning department, told a news conference.
Meanwhile at sea, the armed forces will practice “saturation attacks” on enemy ships including amphibious assault ships, and “anti-blockade escorts”, he added.
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