Taiwan’s armed forces on Thursday wrapped up two-day military exercises involving live artillery fire in the south of the island, a representative of Taiwan’s Eighth Army Corps said, TASS reports.
The first phase of the drill took place on Tuesday, and the second on Thursday. The military held a firing practice from 155 mm self-propelled howitzers and 120 mm mortars, in a simulation of defending from an enemy attack.
The drill was routine and had been planned before the Chinese armed forces maneuvers taking place in recent days.
The Taiwanese army plans to hold more of the previously scheduled exercises on September 5, deploying snipers, special forces, infantry, armored vehicles and mortars. Combat helicopters Super Cobra and Apache will also participate.
China’s People’s Liberation Army has been holding exercises of its own, which took place around Taiwan, since August 4. They started the day after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan that drew condemnation from China.
