President Lai oversees Kaohsiung coastal drills

HAN KUANG: ‘The purpose of the exercises is to use live troops, live terrain and live equipment to test homeland defence capabilities,’ William Lai said By Yi-Chin Lee and Ann Wang / Staff writer, with Reuters and CNA Add TT as Preferred Source President William Lai (賴清德) oversaw coastal strike drills yesterday during the Han Kuang Exercises, boarding a missile boat and watching the deployment of low-flying attack drones to simulate defending against a Chinese assault.Taiwan began the exercises on Wednesday. Lasting 10 days, they focus on Taiwan’s combat readiness against a potential invasion by China.Lai boarded a Kuang Hua VI-class missile boat armed with Hsiung Feng II (Brave Wind II, 雄風) anti-ship missiles at Zuoying Naval Base in Kaohsiung and delivered remarks over the vessel’s publi