A joint navy and air force maritime interception exercise will be held off the coast of Suao, Yilan on the 26th. Tsai Ing-wen will board the ship and go to sea for review. The "Coast Patrol Administration" Anping-class successful ship will publicly fire Taiwan's self-produced "Zh

Taiwan Navy Keelung-class Zuoying warship (DDG-1803). Image source: Taiwan's "United Daily News"

The Taiwan military's "Han Kuang 38 Exercise Actual Drill" debuts today. Within a week, eight major subjects will be available for people from all over the country to visually experience. On the 26th, a joint navy and air force maritime interception operation drill was held off the coast of Suao, Yilan. Tsai Ing-wen will board the ship and go to sea for review. The "Coast Patrol Administration" Anping-class success ship (CG 602) will publicly fire Taiwan's own live ammunition for the first time during the drill. The "Zhenhai rocket" produced.

The war chess game shown in the Taiwan military's "Han Kuang Exercise 38" has been completed from May 16 to 20; actual troops and some live ammunition exercises are scheduled to be held from July 25 to 29. This is the second time Tsai Ing-wen has gone overseas to review the troops during her tenure. The first time was in April 2018 when Tsai Ing-wen boarded a ship and went to sea to inspect the "expanded training of combinations of different ship types."

The largest of this actual military exercise will be the joint navy and air force interception exercise held on the 26th off the coast of Suao, Yilan. In addition to the navy's live-fire firing of standard-type anti-aircraft missiles and anti-submarine rockets, the "Coast Patrol Agency" will dispatch Anping The successful ship fired Zhenhai rockets with live ammunition to strengthen joint sea control capabilities.

The "Coastal Patrol Administration" lists the Zhenhai rocket system developed and manufactured by Taiwan's "Chinese Academy of Sciences" as law enforcement equipment. The system is fired during military exercises and is obviously used for military purposes.

According to statistics, participants include Taiwan Navy "Jiyang-class", "Successful-class", "Keelung-class", "Jinjiang-class" and other warships, "Light-6 Missile" speedboats, and "Stegosaurus-class" submarines , " Tuojiang-class "Tajiang" ship, "Coast Patrol Administration Success Ship", and Air Force "IDF Jingguo" fighter aircraft, "F-5 force training aircraft", "Phantom 2000" fighter aircraft, F-16V (Block20), P-3C Anti-submarine aircraft, etc., more than 20 ships and sorties.

It is understood that the Taiwan military plans to invite Tsai Ing-wen to board the Keelung-class "Zuoying" guided missile destroyer for review on that day, when the Zuoying ship will raise the commander's flag.

The important exercise itinerary of Taiwan Army Han-Kuang's "Real Troops Week" is as follows:

7/25 (Monday). Time: 0800 hours. Subject: Preservation of the reserve force's combat power in the fifth combat area (Tongxin exercise) Location: Zhengtianfu, Houlong Town, Miaoli County

7/25 (Monday). Time: 1400 hours. Subject: The comprehensive coordination mechanism of the first combat zone's all-people combat power supports the drill of defense operations in the combat zone. Location: Penghu County Government.

7/26(Tuesday). Time: 0900. Subject: "Reserve Force Beach Interdiction Setup" in the Fifth Combat Area (Concentric Exercise). Location: Baishatun Security Inspection Station, Houlong Town, Miaoli County

7/26 (Tuesday). Time: 1100 hours. Subject: "Cross-regional reinforcement deployment" in the third combat zone. Location: Kansai High School.

7/26 (Tuesday). Time: 0700. Subject: Taiwan Navy (including maritime patrol) joint maritime interception comprehensive exercise. Location: Suao Port, Suao Offshore. It is planned to invite Tsai Ing-wen to board the ship for review.

7/27 (Wednesday). Time: 0900. Subjects: Taipei Port defense and Tamsui estuary counter-attack. Location: Taipei Port, Taipei Port North Embankment, Balihuiziwei River Bank.

7/27 (Thursday). Time: 0620. Subject: Airborne landing of special operations troops in the "Sky Forces Exercise" of the Army Aviation Special Department. Location: Pingtung Chaozhou Airborne Field.

7/28 (Thursday). Time: 0600. Subject: Marine Corps "Lianxing" amphibious landing exercise. Location: Jialutang Coast, Pingtung (Source: Taiwan's "United Daily News")