 | A missile is displayed in front of an F-16 fighter jet at Taiwan's Hualien air force base, August 17, 2004. Taiwan is holding its annual military drills, which culminate in major joint force exercises on August 25. Arch-foe China has successfully tested a new guided missile that it says is highly accurate, Chinese state media reported, amid simmering tensions with Taiwan. click to open  |
 | Taiwan air force crew members practice loading missiles at a drill at Hualien air force base, August 17, 2004. Taiwan is holding its annual war games, which culminate in major joint force exercises on August 25. Arch-foe China has successfully tested a new guided missile that it says is highly accurate, Chinese state media reported, amid simmering tensions with Taiwan. click to open |
 | Seven F-16 fighter jets taxi on a runway at Taiwan's Hualien air force base, August 17, 2004. Taiwan is holding its annual military drills, which culminate in major joint force exercises on August 25. Arch-foe China has successfully tested a new guided missile that it says is highly accurate, Chinese state media reported, amid simmering tensions with Taiwan. click to open |
 | An F-16 fighter jet takes off from Taiwan's Hualien air base in a military drill on August 17, 2004. Taiwan is holding its annual war games, which culminate in major joint force exercises on August 25. Arch-foe China has successfully tested a new guided missile that it says is highly accurate, Chinese state media reported, amid simmering tensions with Taiwan. click to open |
 | Four F-16 fighter jets fly in formation during a military drill at Taiwan's Hualien air base, August 17, 2004. Taiwan is holding its annual war games, which culminate in major joint force exercises on August 25. Arch-foe China has successfully tested a new guided missile that it says is highly accurate, Chinese state media reported, amid simmering tensions with Taiwan. click to open |
 | Hundreds of soldiers clean the strip of a Taiwan highway to make final preparations for test-landing by two Mirage fighter jets in Tainan on July 21, 2004. Two Mirage fighter jets touched down on Wednesday on a usually busy Taiwan highway -- the first time in 26 years -- as part of war games to test the island's combat readiness against any attack by arch-foe China. The drills by Taiwan, claimed by China and seen by security analysts as the most dangerous flashpoint in the Asia-Pacific, coincided with drills by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) on the island of Dongshan off China's southeastern coast. click to open |
 | Workers re-fuel the tanks of two Mirage fighter jets after the planes landed on a Taiwan highway in Tainan on July 21, 2004. Two Mirage fighter jets touched down on Wednesday on a usually busy Taiwan highway -- the first time in 26 years -- as part of war games to test the island's combat readiness against any attack by arch-foe China. The drills by Taiwan, claimed by China and seen by security analysts as the most dangerous flash point in the Asia-Pacific, coincided with drills by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) on the island of Dongshan off China's southeastern coast. click to open |
 | Two French-made Mirage 2000 jet fighters prepare to take off from a strip of the Jen-teh highway during a military exercise Wednesday, July 21, 2004, in Tainan, Taiwan. Taiwanese fighter jets practiced landing and taking off on the strip of highway that was temporarily closed to traffic early Wednesday _ a rare drill to prepare pilots for the possible bombing of their air bases by China. click to open |
 | Two French-made Mirage 2000 jet fighters prepare to take off after landing on a length of the Jen-teh highway during a military exercise Wednesday, July 21, 2004, in Tainan, Taiwan. Taiwanese fighter jets practiced landing and taking off on the length of highway that was temporarily closed to traffic early Wednesday - a rare drill to prepare pilots for the possible bombing of their air bases by China. click to open |
 | A French-made Mirage fighter takes off from the Jenteh freeway during a military exercise in Tainan county, southern Taiwan. Taiwan showed its force while practicing its first air force freeway landings in 26 years amid tensions with China click to open |
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