Taiwan holds anti-invasion drill as China threat heightens
The Hindu
The simulation is part of Taiwan's five-day Han Guang military exercise designed to prepare the forces for an attack by China
An F-16 screeched across the sky, then landed among pineapple fields in southwestern Taiwan to quickly refuel before taking off again.
A Taiwanese-made Indigenous Defensive Fighter, U.S.-made F-16V, French-made Mirage 2000-5 and an E-2K early warning aircraft landed on a highway surrounded by farm fields in Jiadong early Wednesday morning — simulating what they would do if their air base was damaged by enemy forces.
The simulation is part of Taiwan's five-day Han Guang military exercise designed to prepare the island's forces for an attack by China, which claims Taiwan as part of its own territory. The annual exercise was smaller this year due to COVID-19 restrictions.
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