Taiwan: China vessels closely monitored during Han Kuang war games

From: China Post

Taiwan was closely monitoring the whereabouts of China’s military aircraft and vessels deployed near Taiwanese waters during last week’s computerized war games, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said yesterday.
There were no military information leaks during the five-day computer-aided Han Kuang drills, the MND said in a released statement yesterday to refute a Chinese-language report that said Chinese Navy vessels were collecting confidential data on the drills.


The Apple Daily quoted military sources as saying that the Chinese Navy sent military vessels to waters at both Northern and Southern Taiwan to intercept communications during the Han Kuang computerized war games held last Monday through Friday.
The report alleges that acts of espionage were undetected by the Taiwanese military until several high-ranking military officials warned the MND to be on high alert over these Chinese vessels near Taiwanese waters.
In response, the MND yesterday called the report “fictitious and ungrounded.” The military closely monitored every move of Chinese forces during the five-day drill and were ready to take responsive measures in case of a possible security threat.
The computerized war games were held in a closed network system and therefore the Chinese forces had no access to information on the drills, the ministry added.
The just concluded five-day computer-aided war games were the second part of the Han Kuang series of exercises to test the country’s defense capabilities amid the growing military threat from China.
The computerized drills tested Taiwan’s information and electronic warfare capabilities, combat readiness of attack helicopters and anti-submarine aircraft, as well as other offensive and defensive tactics.
The Han Kuang exercises are Taiwan’s most important war games involving the country’s Army, Air Force and Navy.