Taiwan simulates Chinese assault and internet disruption in annual drills
Mobile internet will be deliberately slowed to test how citizens would communicate when bandwidth becomes scarce.
Taiwan conducted annual military exercises simulating a Chinese assault and internet disruption on Monday. The First Theatre Command staged a pre-dawn assault on a beach in Penghu, using M60A3 tanks, artillery, and anti-aircraft guns. Penghu, closer to Taiwan's main island than to China, is viewed by Taiwanese strategists as a potential first target for Beijing.
The exercises, part of the 10-day Han Kuang military drills, also included throttling mobile internet speed in central Taiwan for the first time during the civil defense drills, to test communication under scarce bandwidth conditions in emergencies.
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Also reported by 4 other outlets
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