MND DISMISSES REPORTS THAT WAR GAMES WILL SIMULATE CHINESE OCCUPATION
ROC Central News Agency
2006-02-20 16:27:20
Taipei, Feb. 20 (CNA) The Ministry of National Defense (MND) dismissed Monday reports that this year's computer war games will simulate a scenario of China's invasion and occupation of Taiwan in 2008.
MND spokesman Liu Chih-chien said the computer war games, part of this year's Han Kuang No. 22 military exercise, is still in the planning stage, and has yet to be finalized. "Any reports on the annual drill are mere speculation," he said.
He was responding to reports by the China Times, a local major newspaper, that this year's military drill will simulate China's invasion of Taiwan after it successfully sponsors the Beijing Olympics and Chinese President Hu Jintao is re-elected as the national leader in 2008. The war games will test if Taiwan is capable of withstanding the invading Chinese forces for two weeks without outside assistance, the reports also said. "The ministry is still captiously studying the Han Kuang No. 22," Liu said, adding that the MND is scheduled to announce its plan in early March.
On reports that former commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, Adm. Dennis Blair, will lead a military delegation to Taiwan to observe the military drill as in the past year, Liu also said that the matter has yet to be finalized.
He said that the computer war games are aimed at simulating the ministry's defensive warfare plan and testing the results of training for joint operations of the armed forces.
The "Han kuang No. 22" will continue with live fire exercises in Ilan, northeastern Taiwan, in the later half of this year, the reports also said.
(By Lilian Wu)
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