Fox News correspondent Alex Hogan was in Taiwan to report on the country's annual war drills, known as Han Kuang, amid growing threats from China. This year's drills were especially important.
TAIPEI - Taiwan’s annual Han Kuang exercises took place this past week. The yearly war drills aim to rehearse combat readiness for a potential Chinese invasion. Our team traveled to the island to join the military and speak to officials about the annual war games. While a typhoon grounded several of the air force drills, other exercises took place across Taiwan.
China views the democratically governed island as its own. Taiwanese government officials argue their best defense is deterrence. An example of Taiwan’s defensive tactics is the island’s 'porcupine strategy'. Taiwanese researchers explain that with enough small defense mechanisms, the military could disincentivize an attack. 'We are trying to procure more precision weapons, maybe long range, maybe short range, missiles, air defense weaponry, anti-tank missiles.
Across the board, that statement remains consistent. Civilians in training say they want to know how to protect themselves but repeatedly stressed they desperately hope it never comes to that. 'Our fathers, grandfathers experienced wars. We are the children of that generation, so we pass our knowledge to the next generation of young people'. Chi-yi Zang, an instructor at the training camp told Fox News.
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