SpaceWar.com reports: “Taiwanese troops will simulate possible scenarios for a Chinese invasion in 2027 during the island’s annual war games, the defence ministry said Wednesday, as Beijing maintains military pressure on Taipei.

China insists self-ruled Taiwan is part of its territory and has threatened to seize the island by force.

Officials in the United States — Taipei’s main backer and biggest arms supplier — have previously cited 2027 as a possible timeline for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.

Taiwan’s ‘Han Kuang’ exercises, which the ministry said would be held from July 9-18, are conducted every year across Taiwan to simulate defending the island against Chinese attacks.

In a report submitted to parliament on Wednesday, the ministry said this year’s scenarios would be based on China’s ‘grey-zone’ intrusions and ‘possible actions of the Chinese Communist military’s invasion of Taiwan in 2027’.

‘Commanders at all operational and tactical levels will plan scenarios and situations from a practical perspective based on the possible actions of the enemy,’ the report said.

The aim was to ‘verify the ability of troops at all levels to execute plans, thereby building a military force that can respond quickly and maintain ‘high combat readiness’,’ the report said…”