Camouflaged Taiwan army Humvees roared around the coastal drill area in Pingtung county’s Fangshan. Read more at straitstimes.com.
FANGSHAN, Taiwan - Taiwan’s military carried out live fire drills on its strategically-located southern coast on Monday, firing missiles from highly mobile armoured cars to destroy targets close to shore in a simulation of repelling invading forces.Beijing has ramped up military pressure over the past three years to try to assert its sovereignty claim, and the island’s armed forces routinely practice seeing off a Chinese attack.
“Most of the drills we carried out today involved live artillery because the defence exercise needs to be similar to actual combat, allowing our army to be confident and have the capability to protect our homeland,” Defence ministry spokesman Sun Li-fang told reporters.
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