Taiwan Security Monitor
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TSM is a student-powered research initiative dedicated to informing the public on cross-Strait security. Directed by GMU’s @MichaelHunzeker. Usual disclaimers.
NEW: Below is TSM's poster breaking down Han Kuang 41! It contains the location and category of major exercises that occurred all over Taiwan, including the outlying islands and Penghu. We've mapped every disclosed and geolocated exercise, starting from mobilizations on the…
Images from the Army’s 586th Armored Brigade show nighttime live-fire drills in Pingtung on July 22, part of "Joint Firepower Evaluation No. 114-1 and 114-2" The scenario simulated an enemy incursion and featured coordinated defensive fires from M60A3 tanks and CM-32, CM-33,…
Images from recent M1A2T live-fire exercises in Taiwan. 📸: MND
In addition to the metro drill, Taipei's military police also practiced the fortification and restriction of several underground portions of highways that lead to Taipei during Han Kuang. This was done on July 17th, several nights after the metro exercise. 📸: MNA
Additional photos from exercises in Taipei's metro system conducted by military police. According to Taiwanese media, this is the first time the army has used Taiwan's underground transport system for military logistics and transport in this way.
And just like that, Han Kuang 41 is over! Over the last 12 days we've assembled a comprehensive thread with our maps and visualizations, reporting by @JaimeOcon1 and others, and images from Taiwan's military. Check it out below! We hope you found our coverage useful! If you…
🧵HAN KUANG MONITOR 2025 THREAD 🧵 Over the course of the exercise, TSM, in collaboration with @JaimeOcon1, will share information and visualizations for Taiwan's annual military exercise "Han Kuang." This thread will serve as a list of those posts, so save for future use!
Images from various urban resiliency exercises across Taiwan. 📸: MNA
Images from the ROCA's 206th Infantry Brigade show reservists in action during the final phase of Han Kuang. Through this iteration of the Han Kuang exercises, the military implemented its first full-brigade expanded mobilization training. 📸: MNA
