An Apache and Black Hawk drill in Taiwan shows how Ukraine’s drones are changing helicopter warfare

A Taiwanese soldier keeps watch on the ground during a helicopter refueling and ammunition resupply drill. I-Hwa Cheng / AFP via Getty Images Taiwan drilled earlier this month to rapidly refuel its Black Hawk and Apache helicopters in a war. The helicopters were guarded by counter-drone infantry teams carrying rifles and jamming guns. Ukraine's war has shown how helicopters are especially vulnerable to drones while refueling. TAIPEI — A helicopter hot-refueling drill in Taiwan's landmark military exercise shows how the island is preparing for drone threats when its choppers fly in and out of vulnerable forward positions, a danger repeatedly demonstrated in Ukraine. Counter-drone ground teams, crouching amid the grass and on a nearby road, watched the skies on the seventh day of the 10-day Han Kuang exercise , as the 601st Air Cavalry Brigade of Taiwan's army refueled three choppers by a lake in Taoyuan.