Under strobing lights, a vessel carrying Taiwanese air force lieutenants plunged into an indoor pool with roiling water on Wednesday — simulating adverse weather conditions to train military personnel on survival skills in the event of a crash.
Self-ruled Taiwan faces increasing pressures from China — which claims the island as its territory and has not ruled out using force to bring it under Beijing's control.
Taiwan's air force held exercises Wednesday at a training center in the southern city of Kaohsiung, focusing on underwater escape and parachute rescue.
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