US EditionTaiwan drill simulates repelling Chinese amphibious assault
Taiwan’s military demonstrated integrated defenses using domestic missiles, drones, and US-made HIMARS to enhance combat readiness against amphibious threats, officials said.
- On Jan 29, Taiwan's military simulated repelling a Chinese assault from the sea on a beach at the Zuoying naval base in Kaohsiung.
- Ahead of the Lunar New Year, President Lai Ching-te's administration held routine drills after China’s late-December war games, while China claims Taiwan as its territory and Taiwan insists only its people decide their future.
- For firepower, Taiwan employed snipers and Taiwan-made Hsiung Feng anti-ship missiles from concealed mobile launchers, while earlier this week US-made HIMARS demonstrated strikes on the Penghu islands.
- A Marine Corps officer said the near-shore exercise built a `kill chain and effectively execute joint interceptions`, demonstrating Taiwan Navy's multi-layered defense and Marine Corps' resilience.
- By strengthening coastal defence, the drill advances President Lai Ching-te's defence-modernisation programme by testing integrated, multi-layered capabilities that complicate any PLA amphibious attempt across the Taiwan Strait.
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Taiwan military practices repelling a Chinese assault from the sea
The drill, on a beach that forms part of the Zuoying naval base in the southern city of Kaohsiung, imagined a scenario where Taiwan first detected an unknown boat loitering off the coast - and then sends drones to investigate.
The Taiwanese Navy conducted an amphibious landing counter-invasion exercise at the southern naval base of Chuoying as part of its combat readiness training amid heightened security tensions in the region.
Taiwan drill simulates repelling Chinese amphibious assault
Taiwan's military on Thursday simulated repelling a Chinese assault from the sea, integrating shore-launched missiles and drones with fast patrol boats to stop an attempted invasion. China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control. Taiwan's government says only the island's people can decide their future. Taiwan routinely holds drills ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, …
The exercise in Kaohsiung City involved the coordinated use of shore-launched missiles, drones, and high-speed patrol boats to counter a simulated attack from the sea.
China has launched military manoeuvres simulating the blockade of Taiwan's ports, in a particularly tense context following a sale of massive American weapons to that island, which has deployed its own forces in response and denounced Beijing's "bullying".
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