Watch: Taiwan military conducts annual drill

Taiwan military conducted annual military drill in Changhua County in central Taiwan. War planes, assault helicopters and cardinal drone took part in the exercise.

Changhua County: Taiwan's air force demonstrated its tactical abilities Tuesday, landing four war planes, assault helicopters and a cardinal drone on a normally busy highway.

The exercise in Changhua County in central Taiwan was a simulation of the military's response to a Chinese attack on its airfields.

Military vehicles drove along the Changhua highway to repel birds with ultrasonic devices before a series of helicopters and fighter jets - including a French Mirage 2000, a US-made F-16V, a Taiwan-made IDF and a US-made E-2K airborne early warning aircraft - landed and took off from the road.

President Tsai Ing-wen donned a military uniform and addressed the soldiers while inspecting the drill.

Tsai said China's long-distance military training, including fighter jets and war ships that have encircled Taiwan, has posed a "certain degree of threat to regional peace and stability".

She urged the military to maintain a "high degree of vigilance".

Tuesday's drill is part of Taiwan's annual military exercises designed to test the combat capabilities of all branches of the armed forces.