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And just like that, Han Kuang 41 is over! Over the last 12 days we've assembled a comprehensive thread with our maps and visualizations, reporting by Jaime Ocon 歐海美 and others, and images from Taiwan's military. Check it out below! We hope you found our coverage useful! If you

NEW: Below is TSM's poster breaking down Han Kuang 41! It contains the location and category of major exercises that occurred all over Taiwan, including the outlying islands and Penghu. We've mapped every disclosed and geolocated exercise, starting from mobilizations on the

In addition to the metro drill, Taipei's military police also practiced the fortification and restriction of several underground portions of highways that lead to Taipei during Han Kuang. This was done on July 17th, several nights after the metro exercise. 📸: MNA

Images from recent M1A2T live-fire exercises in Taiwan. 📸: MND

Images from the Army’s 586th Armored Brigade show nighttime live-fire drills in Pingtung on July 22, part of "Joint Firepower Evaluation No. 114-1 and 114-2" The scenario simulated an enemy incursion and featured coordinated defensive fires from M60A3 tanks and CM-32, CM-33,

Images from Taitung Regional Command's live-fire "Joint Operations Training" held in Hengchun today. 📸: MNA

Where did Taiwan's military place the greatest emphasis during 2025's Han Kuang exercise? TSM created a heatmap to find out! It highlights the distribution and relative frequency of major exercises that occurred across Taiwan, including the outlying islands and Penghu.

#Sentinel2 imagery via European Space Agency confirms this location, which SynMax Maritime reported in early July. The barges arrived at this location on June 25/26th, and are still in the area as of July 24th. More details in Sino Talk (Joaquin Camarena)'s thread below.

This week marks the 30th anniversary of the onset of the 1995–96 Third Taiwan Strait Crisis. The cycle of tension began in response to then–Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui’s visit to the United States, and escalated into a sustained pressure campaign in the lead-up to Taiwan’s

NEW: The June 2025 Taiwan Arms Sales Backlog is out now! Dive into the latest analysis from TSM Fellow Eric Gomez and Research Team Lead Joe O’Connor tracking developments in U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. 📊 tinyurl.com/tsm-june-2025-…

On July 26, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the PRC State Council held a press conference, during which they were asked for comment on the outcome of Taiwan's recent recall vote, ultimately resulting in the KMT retaining all 24 challenged seats. See their remarks below:

The PLA's Southern Theater Command has released a statement announcing this month's joint PLAN-PLAAF combat readiness patrols in the waters and airspace around Scarborough Shoal (Huangyan Island). Vessels from released media include: -Type 052D Destroyer CNS Guilin (Hull No.

Trainees don VR gear to participate in the “Combat Casualty Rescue Simulation System” during Taiwan’s 2025 National Defense Education Summer Combat Camps. Through immersive battlefield scenarios, participants experience the urgency of frontline medical response while developing

Images from an All-Out Defense Education event conducted by the Army Aviation Command's 601st Brigade involving AH-64E Apache and CH-47SD transport helicopters. 📸: MNA/MND

A video released by the PLA earlier today shows a recent large amphibious combat exercise in the South China Sea involving two Type 075 LHDs and four Type 071 LPDs. Notably, the exercise featured CNS Hubei [34], the newly commissioned fourth Type 075 LHD. Other participating