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| AH-64 Apache (File Photo) |
TAIPEI (AFP): Taiwan on Monday launched computerised war games featuring its newly acquired AH-64 Apache helicopters helping counter a simulated attack by a Chinese aircraft carrier group, officials and media said.
The five-day drill, part of the island's biggest annual military manoeuvres to be held in September, is aimed at testing the island's defence capability against the fast expanding military might of the giant neighbour, defence ministry officials said, declining to go into details.
A scenario of the drill was attacks on the east by a Chinese aircraft carrier group, Taiwan's Apple Daily said.
With military deployments focused on the west coast facing mainland China, the east is relatively vulnerable to any Chinese invasion, analysts say.
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