Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/01/09
By: Joseph Yeh

Maj. Gen. Yeh Kuo-hui, chief of the Ministry of National Defense’s Operations and Planning Division,

Taipei, Jan. 9 (CNA) Taiwan military on Wednesday made public its annual major drill plans for 2019 to boost its combat readiness a week after Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) reasserted China’s right to use force against Taiwan.

Maj. Gen. Yeh Kuo-hui (葉國輝), chief of the Ministry of National Defense’s Operations and Planning Division, said the annual plan is divided into four major parts.

It will begin with a month of combat readiness training in the first quarter; another month-long Han Kuang (漢光) live-fire military exercise in the second quarter; the holding of joint anti-landing operations in the third quarter and a joint anti-airborne exercise in the final quarter of 2019, Yeh said.

He did not give an exact timetable for the plan, however.    [FULL  STORY]