Taiwan launches major war games to test command flexibility

Taiwan's Han Kuang drills signal strengthening defensive posture and operational maturity in exactly the scenarios (command-centre paralysis, rapid adaptation to enemy manoeuvre) that China would exploit in a kinetic campaign. This directly affects the credibility of Australia's primary Indo-Pacific alliance architecture and the likelihood of a Taiwan crisis that could demand AUKUS-partner response, shifting the region's military balance and testing Australian regional strategy.