Taipei Times
Date: Sep 08, 2015
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
The armed forces began their annual Han Kuang military exercises (漢光演習) yesterday,
The army conducts a landing drill yesterday on the first day of the Han Kuang military exercises. Photo courtesy of the Military News Agency
drilling troops and weapons mobilization for counter-strikes in the event of an invasion by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
Among the first day’s main activities was a live-fire drill by the big guns of the 21st Artillery Command of the Republic of China Army’s 6th Corps, which took place at the army’s Kengzikou (坑子口) target practice range in Hsinchu County.
President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) attended the event at the range to observe the firepower of the self-propelled M109 and M110 howitzers, where the troops drilled artillery strikes as part of an anti-amphibious-landing drill.
This week’s Han Kuang exercises last five days, with the Ministry of National Defense overseeing exercises at military installations and airbases across the nation, including on the nation’s outlying islands. [FULL STORY]
