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Taiwan Plans 'Immediate Combat Readiness Drills' for Its Military
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3/13/2025
Taiwan's military is planning a new kind of "immediate combat readiness exercise" in response to increasingly aggressive gray-zone warfare tactics from China.
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Taiwan's military says it will conduct immediate combat readiness drills on March 17th to test
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how quickly the armed forces can mobilize in the event of war.
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The defense minister says the exercises will last five days and all three service branches
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will participate.
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The military says that no live ammunition will be used, but soldiers across the country
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will be carrying out realistic plans.
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A source within the military says the drills are a warm-up for the actual annual Hanguang
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exercises in July.
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