TAOYUAN, TAIWAN — Nestled inside a construction yard about a mile outside Taiwan’s main airport, a platoon of M1A2T Abrams tanks lies in wait, covered by tarps and debris.
One of the main battle tanks, sporting a metal anti-drone cage, roars forward while crews prepare to refuel its powerful Honeywell AGT1500 gas-turbine engine in the broiling August heat.
Civilian cars and vans whiz by as the Abrams brakes in the courtyard, allowing troops to connect the American-made tank to an M978 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck.
This scene unfolded as part of the major Han Kuang military exercise simulating a Chinese invasion. On Monday, only months…
