TAIPEI — In the dead of night, scores of masked military police moved a medley of defensive gear beneath flickering traffic lights and store signs. Hemmed in by rows of shophouses, they laid metal barricades, land mines, and sandbags along an intersection just a mile from Taiwan’s presidential office.
Behind them, Clouded Leopard infantry fighting vehicles prepared to roll out and open fire on incoming enemy forces.
This flurry of activity along a critical approach into the capital came toward the end of Taiwan’s 10-day annual Han Kuang military exercise. In this scenario, the simulated fight had made its way into central Taipei. The blockaded…
