Taiwan military to stage tri-service combat readiness drills
ROC Central News Agency
10/17/2023 09:55 PM
Taipei, Oct. 17 (CNA) The Republic of China (Taiwan) military will hold combat readiness drills involving the Air Force, Navy and Army this month in the wake of China stepping up military activities around Taiwan, a military source told CNA Tuesday.
After a six-year hiatus, the Army will conduct a one-week force-on-force training exercise in central Taiwan starting Oct. 23 to strengthen live-fire training for combined armed brigades, according to the source.
The drill will be carried out by the Army's 269th mechanized infantry brigade in northern Taiwan and the ROC Marine Corps' 99th brigade in the south which will simulate scenarios of confrontation in central areas of the country according to instructions, with the 10th Army Corps Command presiding over the exercise, the source added.
The Air Force's annual Tien Lung, or "Sky Dragon," airborne exercises are scheduled to kick off Oct. 30 to test the Air Force's air-to-air, air-to-sea and air-to-ground combat skills.
In addition, the Navy's annual drills started Monday and will run until Oct. 20, according to the source.
The military drills are being staged amid rising cross-Taiwan Strait tensions and routine incursions by People's Liberation Army warplanes into Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ).
The ADIZ is a self-defined area in which the country states it has the right to identify, locate and control approaching foreign aircraft, but is not part of territorial airspace as defined by international law.
China also frequently sailed military vessels near Taiwan, including many that crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered the country's southwestern ADIZ.
(By Matt Yu and Evelyn Kao)
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