Taiwan Drills for PLA Blockade, Moving Weapons Lines as Strait Attack Scenario Unfolds
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Updated · South China Morning Post · Aug 4
Taiwan Drills for PLA Blockade, Moving Weapons Lines as Strait Attack Scenario Unfolds
3 articles · Updated · South China Morning Post · Aug 4
Summary
Taiwan’s Han Kuang war games now assume the PLA has finished attack preparations and started crossing the Taiwan Strait, shifting the drills toward a sea-blockade and invasion-response scenario.
The exercise will test wartime relocation of weapons production to safer sites, part of Taipei’s effort to keep military operations running under sustained attack.
Taiwan is also preparing for internet outages and using U.S.-style “back briefs,” expanding earlier plans to test throttled connectivity during the annual drills.
The armed forces are set to raise combat readiness, run counter-landing operations, escort critical-supply convoys and conduct joint counter-blockade missions.
The expanded drill underscores Taiwan’s push to harden military and civilian resilience against a potential Chinese assault.