Overview

• The drills mobilize a record 22,000 reservists over 10 days and nine nights in Taiwan’s most extensive readiness exercise to date.
• For the first time, US-supplied HIMARS rocket systems and M1A2 Abrams tanks take part in live-fire and support operations.
• Initial phases simulate crippling attacks on command, communications and infrastructure to refine decentralised control.
• President Lai Ching-te tours training sites to deliver unity speeches and reaffirm Taiwan’s commitment to defending its sovereignty.
• China’s defence ministry labels the war games a bluff, but Taipei says they underscore its deterrence and resilience.