The China Post
Date: August 24, 2016
By: Joseph Yeh
TAIPEI, Taiwan — A rehearsal for the live-fire portion of Taiwan’s Han Kuang exercises was
An AH-64E Apache attack helicopter fires missiles over a military base in Pingtung County on Tuesday, Aug. 23, during a rehearsal drill for the Hang Kuang No. 32 exercises. The official exercise is scheduled to last through Friday. (CN
successfully completed in southeastern Pingtung County Tuesday and included the participation of a Kaohsiung-based Armored Brigade that recently lost four soldiers in a tank crash.
The one-hour-rehearsal held at the military’s Joint Operations Training Base Command (三軍聯訓基地) featured most of the nation’s newly acquired advanced weapons systems, including AH-64E Apache attack helicopters and UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters.
The rehearsal, presided over by Chief of General Staff Yen De-fa (嚴德發), was deemed a success and the troops achieved about 80 percent of their pre-set goals, military sources told local media.
The exercise was intended to prepare local troops for the official drill, to be staged at the same location.
President Tsai Ing-wen is scheduled to preside over the drill as part of the annual Han Kuang exercises, which simulate various Chinese attack scenarios. [FULL STORY]
