Taiwan and Japan hold large military exercises to counter Chinese power
The growth of Beijing's military power and the greater likelihood of military conflicts, even after China's unilaterally imposed bans on free navigation in the South China Sea, is leading to ever greater military engagement in the forces of neighboring countries.
According to Taiwanese media, which broke the news on Sunday, Taiwan's Hanguang 37 exercise will run from 13 to 17. of the runway of the Pingtung Army Airport, with the simulation of the relocation elsewhere of the Air Force activities including aircraft preparation and maintenance. The exercise will also test the combat effectiveness of Taiwanese-made Xiongfeng-3 and Xiongfeng-2 anti-ship missiles.
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According to reports, the Hanguang exercise is the most important and large-scale exercise of the Taiwan National Army. In recent years, the intensity of the training has been continuously increased. PLA fighters and ships frequently invade Taiwan's Southwestern Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), and even cross the center of the Taiwan Strait from time to time, threatening to invade Taiwan.
However, Japan is also preparing. According to Kyodo News on Saturday, the Japanese ground self-defense forces will carry out a “ground self-defense force exercise” in which all troops in the country will participate from September 15 to the end of November. This is the largest exercise since 1993 and gives an idea of the tension going on.
According to sources, the exercise is aimed at emergencies in the southwestern islands, including the Senkaku Islands (called Diaoyu Islands in China).
According to the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, the ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the United States Army in Japan and the aircraft of the Air Self-Defense Force will also join the exercise, within which three divisions and brigades will participate in the exercise site in Kyushu. A war game on a very large scale, which comes from the north, from the borders with Russia, to the south, practically up to the limits with Taiwan.
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