July 21, 2006 at 7:43 am
Taiwan and their simulations…. :rolleyes:
Taiwan holds live war-game, simulates Chinese invasion
Taiwan held its largest live-fire military exercise in years on July 20, testing fighter jets, U.S.-made Patriot missiles and ground troops against a simulated invasion by arch foe China.
Two anti-missile Patriots streaked towards the sky from mobile launchers on a beach off the northeastern city of Ilan during a drill codenamed “Han Kuang 22”. They destroyed a target missile launched some 30 kilometers (18 miles) away.
”This is the first time Patriot missiles were launched before the eyes of the public…to show our determination to safeguard Taiwan,” President Chen Shui-bian told hundreds of guests and reporters.
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