Overview

• Taiwan has mobilized 22,000 reservists for the 10-day Han Kuang drills, marking the largest deployment since 1984.
• The military is integrating US-supplied HIMARS rocket systems and M1A2 Abrams tanks into live-fire and precision-strike exercises.
• Early scenarios include simulated cyber attacks and misinformation campaigns to assess resilience under grey-zone conditions.
• By early Wednesday, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry detected 31 Chinese aircraft sorties and seven naval vessels probing its air and sea domains.
• Beijing dismissed the exercises as a bluff, while President Lai Ching-te toured the island to reinforce national unity and resolve.