Focus Taiwan
Date: 06/23/2020
By: Matt Yu and Emerson Lim

Taipei, June 23 (CNA) The Navy held an exercise recently to hone its troops' skills in naval mine warfare amid increasing Chinese military activity around Taiwan, a military source confirmed Tuesday.

According to a Facebook post by the Navy on Friday, the 192nd Fleet, also known as the Navy Minesweeper Fleet, conducted drills on deploying, detecting and sweeping for sea mines in strategic waters around Taiwan.

At least one of the mines used in the drills was the WSM-II, indigenously developed by the state-owned National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST).

The annual exercise, aimed at improving the Navy's capabilities in detering hostile naval vessels from invading Taiwan, came at a time when the Chinese military is becoming more active around Taiwan.    [FULL  STORY]