On Sept. 13 to 15, Taiwan held its 37th Han Kuang Exercise, an annual military exercise of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Armed Forces. On Sept. 15, a Taiwan F-16V fighter jet demonstrated its ability to perform a swift landing, refueling, and take-off. The three-day exercises aim to counter different scenarios of an invasion by the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA), such as losing the function of its main airports, runways, missile defense, or a bio-weapon attack. The exercise simulates how Taiwan’s military and medical personnel would respond to these scenarios. The exercise displayed some of the Taiwanese airforce’s main fighters, including F16V, Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF), Mirage M2000-5, and E-2K Hawkeye early warning aircraft, landing on the Pingtung Jiadong operational runway and taking off after replenishing fuel. According to Taiwan’s airforce command, the exercise fully demonstrated its military-civilian unity and enhanced its national defense and mobilization. Its strategic communication mechanism made …