Taiwan launched a five-day Immediate Combat Readiness Exercise across the island

Taiwan launched a five-day Immediate Combat Readiness Exercise across the island

¨     Taiwan launched a five-day Immediate Combat Readiness Exercise across the island.

¨     The exercise is being conducted from 22–26 June 2026.

¨     It aims to test rapid mobilisation, battlefield deployment, joint operations, command coordination, logistical sustainment, and battlefield preparation.

¨     The drill uses real personnel, actual terrain, and operational military equipment.

¨     It is based on realistic war scenarios and evaluates the transition from peacetime to wartime operations.

¨     Military units are moving to designated defensive positions during the exercise.

¨     Combat units from the 269th Mechanised Infantry Brigade are participating in the drill.

¨     CM32, CM33, and CM34 Clouded Leopard eight-wheeled armoured vehicles were deployed to defensive positions in Qingpu.

¨     The Clouded Leopard series is a family of armoured fighting vehicles used by Taiwan's Army.

¨   The Immediate Combat Readiness Exercise was first introduced in March 2025 by Wellington Koo.

¨     The drill was launched in response to China's grey-zone harassment, referring to coercive actions below the threshold of open warfare.

¨     Taiwan's annual Han Kuang Exercise is scheduled to take place in August 2026.