Taiwanese firefighter Kuo Fong-yu is among the first to arrive after the explosion. Beneath thick plumes of black smoke from the blast, simulating a guided missile strike by “enemy” forces on the port of Taipei, Kuo and his team race to find civilians trapped in the rubble of the bombed facility.
The exercise is part of Taiwan’s annual civil defence drills, held concurrently with its Han Kuang military exercises, all designed to prepare Taiwan for a possible Chinese invasion. Beginning on 22 July, Taiwan’s military has conducted live-fire, anti-landing exercises on its outlying islands; tanks have rumbled through city streets; and missile sirens have sent civilians to air-raid shelters. (The exercises, which were scheduled to run until 26 July, concluded a day earlier than planned due to Typhoon Gaemi.)
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