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Of course, what he's not taking into account is that these are not the exercises of years gone by since 2022.

The exercises have really ramped up on all sides of Taiwan with many more ships, many more planes.

I mean, this time round, we're talking about destroyers, the rocket force, land-based missile launches, land-based rocket launches.

I mean, you know, it's a vast exercise.

These are not the exercises of 20 years ago.

They are becoming more and more significant.

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