Taiwan Holds First Tabletop Exercise Simulating Chinese Military Actions
Taiwan’s Presidential Office conducted its first tabletop simulation of potential Chinese military actions in the region on Thursday, marking a significant step in boosting the island’s readiness against “authoritarian expansion,” according to a security official.
A Taiwan flag. File Photo: Walid Berrazeg/HKFP.
Tabletop exercises are a valuable tool strategists use to run through real-world situations, testing how organisations would react and coordinate against a simulated threat.
A national security official speaking anonymously told AFP the Thursday morning exercise, led president’s office, 19 ministries, local governments, and NGOs. “It aims to strengthen Taiwan’s whole-society defense against authoritarian by China and other countries as they
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