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US to Take Part in Taiwanese Military Drills: Report

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The US military will participate in Taiwan's annual military drills later this year for the first time in 20 years, a local newspaper reported on Thursday. "Vice Defense Minister" Chen Chao-min indirectly confirmed the report during a question-and-answer session Thursday in the "Legislature Yuan".

Officers from the US Pacific Command will be in the Taiwanese military command center in Taipei during the drills, called "HanKuang-19" military exercises, the China Times quoted unidentified Taiwanese military sources as saying.

The US officers will participate in the drills in the name of preparing for a possible evacuation of American expatriates, the report said.

During the drills, the US officers will help the Taiwanese conduct a computer-simulated war by providing intelligence about Chinese troops, the report said. The military has yet to announce a date for the war games.

The HanKuang exercises are usually highly scripted drills that involve computer-simulated warfare and live-fire drills.

The US withdrew its military presence from Taiwan in 1979. But in recent years, military ties between the island province and the US have been expanding.

By People's Daily Online

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