Taiwan's president, Ma Ying-jeou, was on hand Wednesday for the country's largest-scale live-fire maritime drill in over a decade, held in waters off eastern Taiwan as part of the annual Han Kuang military exercises.The drill, held in waters off the eastern counties of Yilan and Hualien, consisted of maneuvers by 21 military ships and naval anti-submarine S-70C helicopters, accompanied by an Air Force P-3C anti-submarine aircraft and F-16A/B and F-5 fighter jets, according to the navy.
More than 2,000 members of the navy participated in the exercise, which included the firing of depth charges, 76 mm naval guns, 5-inch guns and other weapons from the participating frigates to fend off simulated attacks from enemy forces, it said.
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