More emergency military runways, legislator urgesBy Wu Su-wei and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writer and CNAThe government should build more contingency runways to be used in the event of a Chinese attack on air force bases, Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Tsai Shih-ying (蔡適應) said on Saturday. However, the exercises highlighted the lack of such contingency runways on the east coast of Taiwan proper, he said. 1 in Pingtung County’s Jiadong Township during the annual Han Kuang military exercises on Wednesday. With Chinese military aggression toward Taiwan on the rise over the past few years, members of the military and the public have been discussing the possibility of building more contingency runways on the east coast, he said. Contingency runways on the west coast are all within reach of Chinese missiles, a miltiary official said yesterday, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Source: Taipei Times September 19, 2021 15:56 UTC