By Angie Teo and David Lague TAICHUNG, Taiwan, June 9 (Reuters) - Taiwan's military simulated destroying an invading Chinese force in a coastal exercise on Tuesday, firing off rockets and artillery to stop an amphibious assault in what it described as a more realistic combat scenario with less preparation time.

The exercise highlights Taipei's focus on mobile defense capabilities amid growing military pressure from China.

Taiwan has conducted its first live-fire exercise using the U.S.-made M142 High Mobility Artillery

Taiwan fired U.S.-made Himars rocket launchers from its western coastline for the first time Wednesday, highlighting the island's efforts to strengthen defenses against a potential invasion by communist China and demonstrating the growing role of American weaponry in its military strategy,

How US export laws can make military training for foreign forces a crime, and the cases that brought the issue into focus.

A march-past is held during a joint army training exercise of China and Mongolia, in north China's Inner Mongolia on May 30, 2026. China and Mongolia on Saturday launched a joint army training exercise, code-named "Steppe Partner 2026," in north China's Inner Mongolia. (Photo by Gao Junjie/Xinhua)

Taiwan's Army conducted a second day of live-fire artillery exercises on Wednesday, featuring the U.S.-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS. The drills, held on the west coast of Taichung,

China secretly trained around 200 Russian troops, some who later fought in Ukraine, raising questions over Beijing’s neutrality.