Taiwan's Ministry of Defense has doubled the number of training days from now on in order to strengthen the force of the reserve force to be mobilized in the event of an emergency, and the first training started after the extension on the 5th.
The Ministry of Defense says that the Ukrainian army, which is mobilizing a large number of reserves, will be "referenced in the future."
In response to increasing military pressure in China, Taiwan's Ministry of Defense is working to strengthen the force of reserves to be mobilized in the event of an emergency, and as one of the concrete measures, the number of days of one training Has been extended to 14 days, which is twice as long as before.
The first training after the extension from the 5th was carried out sequentially in various parts of Taiwan, of which about 500 people were convened in the unit in the northern Taoyuan, where the people who got the convocation letter were placed one after another from the morning. Gathered.
A man in his thirties who was convened said, "Taiwan is not big, so it is necessary to strengthen training for self-defense."
The extension of the training days was decided before Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but the Ministry of Defense said about the situation of the Ukrainian army mobilizing a large number of reserve forces, "How to organize and train reserve forces, how to exert force. I will use it as a reference for Taiwan in the future. "
The Tsai Ing-wen administration expects US support in the event of a Taiwan emergency, but given the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan last year and the current situation in Ukraine, Taiwan may have the determination and ability to defend itself. I repeatedly emphasize the attitude of being ahead.