Han Kuang Exercise, Taiwan
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TAICHUNG, Taiwan, >> Taiwan’s military began deploying one of its newest and most precise strike weapons today as part of intensifying drills meant to showcase the island’s determination to resist any Chinese invasion.
Taiwan's military conducted intensive exercises deploying HIMARS rocket systems to demonstrate readiness against possible Chinese aggression. The drills involve strategic maneuvers and simulations under realistic combat conditions.
Taiwan's newly acquired HIMARS and Abrams tanks would raise the costs of a Chinese amphibious landing, a defense analyst says.
U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II fighters operated from the U.K. Royal Navy (RN) aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales (R09) on Tuesday as part of the run-up to the U.S.-Australian led Exercise Talisman Sabre,
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TaiwanPlus on MSNHIMARS Rocket Launchers Deployed on Day Four of Han Kuang ExercisesDay four of Taiwan's annual Han Kuang military exercises saw a drill to repulse an invasion of the capital region to the deployment of some of Taiwan's newest U.S.-made HIMARS rocket systems in the central part of the country.
Much like Ukraine’s unexpectedly resilient defence, Taipei wants Beijing to understand that a military conflict would not be as easy, or predictable, as once thought.
In Hsinchu County, President William Lai (賴清德) monitored a live-fire exercise at the Kengzikou Range (坑子口訓練場) involving a platoon of M1A2T tanks purchased from the US. The tanks fired individually, in pairs and as a full platoon. Following the drill, the army said that the tanks had achieved “perfect” accuracy.
Expanded Han Kuang Exercise is simulating a prolonged PLA attack with a ‘scenario-driven, no spoiler’ approach, officials say.