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PLA offers back-to-back drill updates as Taiwan’s Han Kuang exercise ramps up
Round-the-clock joint military exercises appear to be direct response to island’s expanded annual war games
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The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has stepped up messaging about its round-the-clock military drills conducted in an apparent response to Taiwan’s annual Han Kuang exercise.
For four consecutive days this week, the PLA’s Eastern Theatre Command – the division responsible for overseeing the Taiwan Strait and the East China Sea – has given daily updates on cross-service military drills that appear to correspond to the exercises in Taiwan.
Taiwan’s 10-day Han Kuang exercise, which began on July 9 and wraps up on Friday, is the largest and longest in its 41-year history.
The details of the PLA drills were released in a way that suggests they involved coordination of various forces in the command and operations during both daytime and night activities.
The exact dates of these exercises were not specified, with the PLA claiming only that they had taken place “in recent days”, but the timing of the releases matched the drills in Taiwan. The activities monitored by Taipei suggested ramped-up pressure from the PLA at around the same time.
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