Taiwan holds largest-ever drills for China invasion
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- Taiwan is holding its largest annual military drills to date, simulating a 10-day response to a potential Chinese invasion (published 10 Aug 2026).
- This year's exercises include chemical attack scenarios, live-fire training, and new practices modelled on the US military.
Why it matters: By labeling this the largest annual drill to date and folding in chemical-attack and US-style tactics, Taiwan is signaling a qualitative escalation in how realistically it rehearses a Chinese invasion rather than a marginal increase in scale.
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