Until July 18 to respond to Beijing’s hypothetical attack
Taiwan today kicked off his annual military exercises on a large -scale Tarate to face a hypothetical attack by China.
Called ‘Han Kuang’, the maneuvers fall in a phase of growing tensions between Taipei and Beijing, characterizing for the duration of about 10 days (9-18 July), twice the one compared to those made in 2024, with the aim of publicly showing the defenses of the island and sending a clear signal of deterrence towards the leadership mandarin.
Meanwhile, the Taiwanese Ministry of Defense reported today that 31 planes and 8 War ships of the Popular Army of Chinese Liberation Army were detected in activities around the island over 24 hours at 6 rooms (midnight in Italy), with 24 jets engaged in incursions through the midline of the Taiwan Strait with entry into the air defense recognition area (ADIZ) from the North, Central and Southwest. Taipei’s armed forces monitored the situation.
China claims Taiwan as a “sacred” and “inalienable” part of its territory to be reunited also by force, if necessary, feeding the fears of a wider conflict that also involves the United States, the main ally of Taiwan.
Launched in 1984, the Han Kuang maneuvers see the deployment of thousands of soldiers every year in terrestrial, maritime and aerial operations that show off the most recent military technologies of Taiwan. Mushing and high -focused focus activities are scheduled with launchers, drones and missiles also developed in Taiwan. The rockets of the US -manufacturing Himars and mobilization of about 22,000 reservists, 50% more than 2024, expected. The program, in addition to targeting the tactics of war ‘in the gray area of China, include operations of’ urban resilience ‘, including sending notices on cell phones and anti -aircraft sirens for simulated attacks arriving.
“Taiwan’s exercises are nothing more than a deceptive makeup and a bluff – commented Jiang Bin, spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Defense -. Regardless of training and used weapons, the resolute countermeasures of the popular army of liberation against Taiwan’s independence will not be discouraged, as well as the overwhelming and irresistible tendency to reunification from China”.
