The tabletop portion of this year’s Han Kuang military exercises is to take place over eight days, matching the previous lengthiest exercises held in 2021, a Ministry of National Defense report to the legislature showed on Wednesday.
Minister of National Defense Chiu Kuo-cheng (邱國正) is scheduled to report to the legislature’s Foreign and National Defense Committee on Thursday.
According to information provided to lawmakers ahead of the meeting, the 40th edition of the Han Kuang computerized war games to be held this year are to last eight days and seven nights.
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The goal of the Joint Theater Level Simulation exercises is to verify the military’s response to gray-zone tactics, procedures during each stage of operations and commanders’ operational decisionmaking, the information says.
The annual Han Kuang exercises are run in two phases, with the computerized tabletop portion informing the planning of later live-fire exercises.
In past years, the first portion has typically lasted five to eight days.
The 2021 edition was also held over eight days and seven nights, applying the “most stringent standards” to a “complex campaign.”
Last year, scenarios informed by the war in Ukraine were incorporated in simulated wargames lasting five days and four nights.
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