After repeated threats from Beijing, Taiwan conducts military drills with live ammunition

Published on : 11/08/2022 – 05:49

Taiwanese forces fired howitzers and flares as part of the defense exercise, Lou Woei-jye, spokesman for the VIII Corps, told AFP. These maneuvers in Pingtung County (south), started at 8:30 a.m. (00:30 UT), lasted an hour, he added. A live broadcast showed artillery pieces lined up on the coast and soldiers, divided into units, firing one following another howitzers out to sea.