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Taipei: Taiwan conducted a missile-firing drill on Tuesday amid almost daily harassment by Chinese warplanes and vessels, the state-run Central News Agency (CNA) reported.
The annual major military exercise, dubbed the Air and Sea Precision Missile-Firing Drill, was conducted early Tuesday at the Jiupeng base in Pingtung County in southern Taiwan, the CNA said.
It is intended to deter the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and demonstrate Taiwan’s ability to defend its maritime territory and protect the homeland, the CNA reported.
During the exercise, two US-made surface-to-air Patriot II missiles and a Taiwan-made surface-to-air anti-ballistic Sky Bow III missile were launched. All accurately hit the target drones, the CNA said. (DPA)
