Taiwan’s 41st Han Kuang 10-day exercise took place this month in response to heightened tensions from China, which claims Taiwan as its own. 

Over 10 days, Taiwanese troops rehearsed how to fight if China invades by deploying HIMARS rocket systems in cities, practicing maneuvers in metro stations, and simulating amphibious defenses on beaches. 

Beijing’s increasingly aggressive posture—flybys of People’s Liberation Army aircraft, simulated blockades, cyber probes—is part of a relentless gray-zone campaign to wear Taiwan down without firing a shot. Taiwan’s response in this year’s drill is refreshingly direct: Train like war could start tomorrow. 

One particularly notable and impressive moment of the drills came on July 14 when Taiwan’s 21st Artillery Command demonstrated the indigenous Sky Sword II surface-to-air missile system in a rapid response drill near Taoyuan Airport.  

Crews had the system online within........

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