Missile launchers on streets and tanks near a Costco aimed to bring home the threat of Chinese invasion, as exercises spilled into public areas on an unprecedented scale.

China, whose government views democratically governed Taiwan as its territory over the island's rejection, has ramped up its military pressure over the past five years, including almost daily fighter...

Soldiers rehearsed urban defense operations, made use of the Taipei Metro for tactical mobility and repurposed schools as command posts. The drills began with a simulated "gray zone" cyberattack that took out Taiwan's central command.