DEFENSE / Defense minister highlights gray-zone response, HIMARS deployment in drills
06/26/2025 09:46 PM
Defense Minister Wellington Koo (顧立雄) on Thursday highlighted key features of the upcoming Han Kuang exercise live-fire segment, including responses to gray-zone coercion by China and the deployment of newly acquired weapons such as the U.S.-supplied HIMARS rocket system.
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