PRESIDENT INSPECTS LIVE-FIRE WAR GAMES IN CENTRAL TAIWAN
ROC Central News Agency
2005-07-27 11:31:57
Taichung, July 27 (CNA) President Chen Shui-bian traveled to the Chingchuankang air base in central Taiwan Wednesday to inspect a live-fire military exercise aimed mainly at testing the armed forces' combat prowess in a counterattack against enemy airborne troops and commandos.
Some 2,000 troops, four F-16 jet fighters and nine C-130 transports took part in the live-fire training drill to hone the military units' mettle in fighting off a hypothetical Chinese attack featuring paratroop landings and sustained bombardment starting from the north of Tatushan on the western outskirts of Taichung City, according to officials from the Ministry of National Defense.
The drill, part of the ongoing Han Kuang 21 military exercise, will also see the participation of tanks and infantry troops enacting the scenario of a sudden Chinese invasion.
The drill, originally scheduled for July 20, was postponed until Wednesday because of typhoon Haitang.
(By Deborah Kuo)
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