Anti-aircraft carrier tactics in military drills: MND
ROC Central News Agency
2011/07/12 17:50:53
By Nancy Liu
Taipei, July 12 (CNA) Anti-aircraft carrier combat strategies have been included in Taiwan's annual military drills since 2008, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Tuesday amid the nation's fears of a Chinese military buildup and an overwhelming imbalance in military power.
With the annual Han Kuang military exercises set to begin next week, military officials at a regular press briefing were bombarded with questions from the media about whether and how the nation plans to prepare itself against China's first aircraft carrier.
News stories have been published recently on China's secretive program to build a huge aircraft carrier that would greatly enhance its military prowess.
General Hau Yi-chi of the MND's Joint Warfare Planning Department said the ministry simulated a Chinese aircraft carrier operation in Taiwan's eastern waters in the 2008 exercises and has conducted discussions on military tactics at length on how to deal with such a possibility.
Hau, however, refused to confirm whether the five-day computer-aided war games beginning July 18 will feature the imaginary presence of a Chinese aircraft carrier.
The Han Kuang exercises are held each year to test Taiwan's combat strategies and tactics in the face of a simulated invasion by China's People's Liberation Army on land, water and from the air.
A military official added that the combat scenarios will be drafted based on the international climate and political situation, but declined to reveal any further information.
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