Taiwan will run eight days of computer-aided war games this month, its defense ministry said on Wednesday, days after China said an aircraft carrier was conducting drills near the island and that such exercises would become routine.
Chinese-claimed Taiwan has come under increasing military pressure from Beijing in recent months, with China's air force making almost daily forays in Taiwan's air defense identification zone.
Computer simulations of a Chinese attack on Taiwan will be conducted between April 23 to 30, and will form the first phase of Taiwan's largest annual war games, the Han Kuang exercises, the ministry said. A second phase, which will include live fire drills, is set to take place in July.
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