Taiwan holds military drill amid Chinese threat


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Taipei [Taiwan], September 16 (ANI): Taiwan has held five-day annual military exercises that prepared for a full-scale invasion by China , including response biological and chemical warfare. The live-fire portion of Han Kuang exercise kicked off early Monday morning in eastern Taiwan, an area China considers a weak link, Nikkei Asia reported. F-16V and Mirage 2000 fighter jets were dispatched to simulate a response to an armed invasion. This comes as China has ramped up diplomatic and military pressure on Taiwan. Taiwan has reported almost daily incursions by Chinese military aircraft in its air defence identification zone. According to Nikkei...