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Han Kuang military exercise to include live-fire drills: MND

ROC Central News Agency

2017/02/13 22:04:18

Taipei, Feb. 13 (CNA) Taiwan's annual military exercises for 2017 will be held before the end of May and include both computer-simulated war games and live-fire drills as has been the case in the past, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Monday.

In a statement, the ministry said the procedures of the Han Kuang exercises (漢光演習), Taiwan's major war games, will remain unchanged this year.

They will involve "computer-simulated war games first, followed by live-fire drills," the statement said, clarifying reports by some local media outlets, including CNA, the previous day that no live-fire drills will be held this year.

The Han Kuang exercises involve all three branches of the military -- Army, Navy and Air Force -- and are conducted to test their joint response to simulated threats from China.

(By Lu Hsin-hui and Elizabeth Hsu)
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