Taiwan drills send 'serious' message with more realism, internet throttling

Taiwan tensionsAs 10 days of exercises wrap up, observers see progress but warn of hybrid threatsA Taiwanese soldier fires a gun aboard an armored vehicle during the annual Han Kuang military exercises in Taipei on Aug. 13. © ReutersTHOMPSON CHAUAugust 14, 2026 13:50 JSTKAOHSIUNG, Taiwan -- Taiwan on Friday reached the

Sirens sounded and streets emptied as Taipei simulated an airstrike response.

The drills come amid rising tensions with China, which frequently sends military planes and ships towards Taiwan.

Taiwan military drills clear streets, slow internet in Taipei  Reuters

Taiwan briefly slows its mobile internet to text-only speed as part of defense drill  Toronto Star

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — For 30 minutes, the internet in parts of Taiwan crawled.The slowdown Thursday for people in the capital, Taipei, and six other cities and localities was part of the last phase of the island's annual Han Kuang exercises, military drills that began last week and aim to model a response to a possible

By Yi-Chin Lee and Angie Teo TAIPEI, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Air raid sirens rang out and streets emptied in Taiwan's capital Taipei on Thursday during annual air raid drills that also included the government deliberately limiting mobile internet access to simulate what might happen in the event of a Chinese attack. Taiwan,

Taiwan Is Slowing Its Internet for a War Drill. Locals Aren’t Worried.  wsj.com

The Taiwanese government throttled national internet access this week as part of a multilevel military drill testing the island’s resilience in the face of a hypothetical Chinese invasion. Access was restricted for approximately 30 minutes on Monday as part of the annual Han Kuang defense exercises, which are scheduled

The democratically run island is testing, for the first time on a mass scale, how it might cope if a Chinese attack disrupted its communications.

CHINESE THREAT: The military also simulated repelling an attack on Penghu and transporting military vehicles from Hualien to Yilan to reinforce defenses in the north By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee / Reuters, with CNA Add TT as Preferred Source The government yesterday slowed mobile Internet coverage for a large swathe