War drills carried out to test critical infrastructure‘WORST-CASE SCENARIO’: Exercises trained staff at ports and railways, while military drills provided a ‘live’ experience to enhance capabilities for shore-based operationsBy Lee Hsin-fang, Lo Tien-pin and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writerPrompted by communication blackouts during the war in Ukraine and heightened military tensions across the Taiwan Strait, the Executive Yuan has launched drills to test the handling of critical infrastructure in the event of war, a person familiar with the matter said. The drills were based on a worst-case scenario, in which all critical infrastructure points were simultaneously attacked, the source said. Firefighters counter a simulated attack on the Hulin substation in Taipei’s Xinyi District during the annual Wanan air defense exercise on July 25. It simulated foreign hostile undercover agents hijacking mobile missile launcher trucks to interrupt communication links, the reports said. The defending troops fended off the simulated attack using truck-mounted 20mm cannons and 40mm grenade launchers, they said.
