TAOYUAN: Strapped with gas masks, soldiers crouched on a playground on Tuesday (May 9) with rifles aimed at their target during Taiwan's first-ever reservist training for women as the island bolsters its defences against China. Beijing - which claims Taiwan as its territory to be taken one day - has conduc
TAOYUAN: Strapped with gas masks, soldiers crouched on a playground on Tuesday with rifles aimed at their target during Taiwan's first-ever reservist training for women as the island bolsters its defences against China.
"You may not see any 'Rambos' here," ministry spokesman Sun Li-fang told reporters on Tuesday, after 14 former women soldiers took part in the five-day training programme in Taoyuan city. A female reservist, wearing a gas mask, takes part in a defence training drill in Taoyuan on May 9, 2023. Taiwanese men are required to do mandatory military service and reservist training, but women can also volunteer to serve in the armed forces.
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