Mirage-2000 pilots gesture as the plane taxis on the closed-off section of Sun Yat-sen freeway at Chang-hua county in central Taiwan, about 200 km south of Taipei May 15, 2007. Taiwan is staging a series of live-fire military exercises this week aimed at demonstrating how the island's armed forces would fight off an attack from arch rival China, the Defence Ministry said. The fighter jets were practising for the possibility that air bases were knocked out by enemy attacks forcing jets to refuel and re-equip elsewhere. This is the second stage of the annual Han Kuang -- or Chinese Glory-- exercise. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV (TAIWAN)