Simulating an invasion from China, Taiwanese special forces soldiers practice hand-to-hand combat during the annual Han Kuang exercises at an air base in Taichung County, Taiwan, on June 7, 2018. (Chiang Ying-ying/AP)
Tanks perform drills amid heavy smoke during the Han Kuang exercises at an air base in Taiwan. Taiwan's war games are intended to display the military’s willingness and ability to fight off an invasion from China. (Chiang Ying-ying/AP)
Taiwanese pilots fly American-made UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters over the annual Han Kuang war games. (Chiang Ying-ying/AP)
Flares launch from a Taiwanese AH-1W Cobra attack helicopter during exercises at an air base in Taichung County, Taiwan, on June 7, 2018. (Chiang Ying-ying/AP)
A pair of F-16 fighter jets display the readiness of the Taiwanese Air Force while launching flares above the Han Kuang exercises in Taiwan. Shortly before the drills began, an F-16 crashed into mountains in northern Taiwan, killing the pilot. (Chiang Ying-ying/AP)
A Taiwanese tank advances while leading ground forces exercises at an air base in Taichung County, Taiwan. (Chiang Ying-ying/AP)
Taiwanese airborne soldiers dot the sky as they deploy from a C-130 Hercules cargo plane. The exercise at the sprawling Ching Chuan Kang force base near the central city of Taichung was part of an annual five-day live-fire exercise featuring joint operations of the Air Force, Navy and ground forces. (Chiang Ying-ying/AP)
A Taiwanese special forces unit exits a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during the annual Han Kuang exercises at an air base in Taichung County, Taiwan. (Chiang Ying-ying/AP)
Preparing for the possibility of hostilities, tanks from Taiwan's military take part in the annual Han Kuang exercises at an air base in Taichung County, Taiwan, on June 7, 2018. (Chiang Ying-ying/AP)
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