Legislature Reviews Han Kuang With a Focus on Accidents

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Taiwan's Han Kuang military exercise wrapped up earlier this month, with this year's edition the largest ever. While the drills were hailed for being more realistic and for including less scripted scenarios than in previous years, lawmakers expressed concern about the number of accidents that happened.

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00:00Taiwan finished its largest ever

00:05Han Guang exercise in mid-July

00:07While some praise this year's drills

00:09for being more realistic

00:10and including less scripted simulations

00:13Lawmakers are concerned about

00:14the number of accidents that happened

00:30There were eight accidents across the country

00:33during the 10-day drills

00:35including a crash between a civilian vehicle

00:37and a military tank

00:39The defense minister says

00:41the military must step up training efforts

00:43So we need to do more

00:46of these safety vehicles

00:49and the safety vehicles

00:51and the safety vehicles

00:53We need to do more

00:56One legislator suggests that

00:58military vehicles be equipped with dash cam

01:01to help determine liability

01:02if there is an accident

01:04But the defense minister says

01:06that could interfere with

01:07how vehicles maneuver

01:09and hinder soldiers' ability

01:10to watch the enemy

01:12Besides accidents, lawmakers are reviewing

01:29five key areas of this year's Han Guang drills

01:32countering grey zone threats

01:34improving combat readiness and deployments

01:37strengthening strategic communications

01:39boosting reserve forces

01:41and building a multifaceted defense system

01:45This year's exercise also used

01:47more new weapon systems

01:49such as drones, rocket systems

01:51and anti-armor missiles

01:53to slow down enemy forces

01:55These work as a substitute for personnel

01:59The drills also tested how long it would take

02:01to restore combat power

02:03after reserve forces were mobilized

02:06And it turns out, troops returning

02:08to their original units

02:09can get back up to speed faster

02:11A direction the military hopes

02:13to continue in

02:14Fu Hua Hong and Alan Lu for Taiwan Plus

02:17for Taiwan Plus

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