DEFENSE/2025 Han Kuang drills targeting China's 'gray zone' actions, invasion threat: Experts
04/05/2025 03:39 PM
Taiwan's Han Kuang exercises, its largest annual military drills, began Saturday, with experts saying that the extended 14 days of wargames reflected a response to China's increasing "gray zone" activities and its potential to carry out a full-scale invasion of Taiwan.
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