Missile alerts: Taiwan exercise in case of China attack

Roads were emptied and people were forced to stay indoors in parts of Taiwan, including the capital Taipei, on Monday for a sirens exercise as the island has stepped up preparations in the event of an attack by China, Reuters writes, Periscopi follows.

Sirens were heard at 05:30 local time for road evacuation exercises that occupied villages and towns along northern Taiwan for 30 minutes.

“A missile alarm”, requesting that people be evacuated immediately for security, sent over a telephone message.

“It is necessary to make preparations in case of a fight”, the chairman of Taipei said, Ko Wen in a speech after monitoring exercises called Wan Anne, which means permanent peace.

China claims to be its democratic-led Taiwan and has never ruled out the possibility of taking the island by force. Taiwan denies China's claims of sovereignty and has vowed to defend itself.

Ukraine's Russian invasion has revived the debate in Taiwan on how to respond in the event of an attack in the event of an attack when the Chinese army has stepped up its maneuvers around the island.

“Chinese combat planes have been blocking Taiwan in recent years and now there has been an outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian war, so these exercises are necessary to be alert to peacetime”, Ko said. /Periscopi/