Han Kuang Computer Wargames Conclude; Defense Minister Koo Urges Applying Experience to Wartime Readiness
Taiwan's Defense Minister Wellington Koo announced the conclusion of the 'Han Kuang 42' computer wargames, praising the military for validating joint combat and command resilience under high-pressure scenarios.
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(CNA Reporter Wu Shu-wei, Taipei, 24th) Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo announced today that the ROC Armed Forces' "Han Kuang 42" computer-assisted command post exercise has concluded. He commended the participating personnel for their full dedication during the continuous 14-day and 13-night wargame confrontation, completing a highly practical joint operations exercise. He urged them to use the relevant experiences as an important reference for strengthening peacetime readiness deployments and wartime troop and firepower utilization.
The Ministry of National Defense issued a press release in the evening stating that Koo affirmed the participating personnel for completing a highly practical joint operations exercise under high-intensity, high-pressure, and full-time training environments.
Koo explained that the purpose of this exercise was to train commanders' decision-making abilities and staff operational procedures. The overall core was to closely resemble actual combat, validate joint operational mechanisms, and enhance combat readiness. In designing the scenarios, the umpires systematically integrated the context of enemy development, progressively simulating from gray-zone harassment to high-intensity military conflict. Combined with recent international conflict cases, it incorporated multi-domain battlefield and complex threat elements, enabling the attacking and defending forces to practice decision-making and action responses in a highly uncertain battlefield environment.
To strengthen command and control resilience, Koo further explained that during the exercise, military and political departments, armaments departments, joint operations command centers, tri-service comprehensive coordination centers, and various operational levels adopted decentralized deployments and remote operations. Even if subjected to combined firepower strikes by enemy forces, backup mechanisms could immediately take over, validating the redundant command system's capability to maintain command and control operations during wartime.
Koo stated that the end of the exercise is not the end of the mission. Commanders at all levels should pragmatically review and incrementally improve upon the problems discovered during the training process, using relevant experiences as crucial references for peacetime readiness deployments and wartime operations.
Koo pointed out that facing increasingly diverse enemy threats and the trends of transitioning from training to exercise, and from exercise to war, the Armed Forces must strengthen strategic early warning and overall response capabilities. At critical moments of transitioning from peace to war, combined with deception and force preservation actions, they must ensure operational sustainability and seize the initiative against the enemy.
Koo emphasized that in the future, the military will continue to refine its force building and combat readiness through various exercises, with the August Han Kuang live-fire exercise as the focus, to strengthen overall combat capabilities and ensure national security.
(CNA Reporter Wu Shu-wei, Taipei, 24th) Minister of National Defense Wellington Koo announced today that the ROC Armed Forces' "Han Kuang 42" computer-assisted command post exercise has concluded. He commended the participating personnel for their full dedication during the continuous 14-day and 13-night wargame confrontation, completing a highly practical joint operations exercise. He urged them to use the relevant experiences as an important reference for strengthening peacetime readiness deployments and wartime troop and firepower utilization.
The Ministry of National Defense issued a press release in the evening stating that Koo affirmed the participating personnel for completing a highly practical joint operations exercise under high-intensity, high-pressure, and full-time training environments.
Koo explained that the purpose of this exercise was to train commanders' decision-making abilities and staff operational procedures. The overall core was to closely resemble actual combat, validate joint operational mechanisms, and enhance combat readiness. In designing the scenarios, the umpires systematically integrated the context of enemy development, progressively simulating from gray-zone harassment to high-intensity military conflict. Combined with recent international conflict cases, it incorporated multi-domain battlefield and complex threat elements, enabling the attacking and defending forces to practice decision-making and action responses in a highly uncertain battlefield environment.
To strengthen command and control resilience, Koo further explained that during the exercise, military and political departments, armaments departments, joint operations command centers, tri-service comprehensive coordination centers, and various operational levels adopted decentralized deployments and remote operations. Even if subjected to combined firepower strikes by enemy forces, backup mechanisms could immediately take over, validating the redundant command system's capability to maintain command and control operations during wartime.
Koo stated that the end of the exercise is not the end of the mission. Commanders at all levels should pragmatically review and incrementally improve upon the problems discovered during the training process, using relevant experiences as crucial references for peacetime readiness deployments and wartime operations.
Koo pointed out that facing increasingly diverse enemy threats and the trends of transitioning from training to exercise, and from exercise to war, the Armed Forces must strengthen strategic early warning and overall response capabilities. At critical moments of transitioning from peace to war, combined with deception and force preservation actions, they must ensure operational sustainability and seize the initiative against the enemy.
Koo emphasized that in the future, the military will continue to refine its force building and combat readiness through various exercises, with the August Han Kuang live-fire exercise as the focus, to strengthen overall combat capabilities and ensure national security.