SHIFTING STRATEGIES: The exercise included simulated terrorist and chemical agent attacks, a maritime hostage situation and large rescue operation
Taipei Times
Date: May 05, 2019
By: Wang Hsuan-ching and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday asserted her determination to safeguard the
A Coast Guard Administration special task unit takes part in Hai An Field Exercise No. 10 simulating a terror attack and invasion at the Port of Taipei in New Taipei City yesterday.Photo: Tyrone Siu, Reuters
nation’s sovereignty as she toured a military field exercise at a coast guard base at New Taipei City’s Port of Taipei.
The joint Jin Hua and Hai An Field Exercise No. 10 simulated scenarios such as a terrorist attack; an incident involving a nuclear, biological or chemical agent; maritime hostage-taking; and a large-scale rescue operation.
“The international situation is undergoing significant changes that pose great challenges to existing counterterrorism and national defense paradigms,” Tsai said in a speech before the exercise began.
“Security strategy must account for terrorist attacks; attacks utilizing nuclear, chemical or biological agents; and attacks on critical infrastructure that are the emergent security threats of the modern age,” she added. [FULL STORY]
