Round-the-clock live fire, metropolitan survival drills: Taiwan to evaluate war readiness

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
For the first time, Taiwan’s largest annual military exercise will combine conventional war games and urban survival drills under
“unprecedented” live-fire conditions when it gets under way next week. The move signals growing concerns in Taipei that Beijing could
trigger a prolonged conflict requiring both military defence and civilian resilience. The 41st Han Kuang exercise from July 9 to 18 would
test joint operational readiness under “unprecedented 10-day, round-the-clock live-fire...