Formosa News
Date: 2018/05/29

Precision-guided weapons were tested at the Jioupeng Military Base in Pingtung today. The launches were a rehearsal for the Han Kuang live-fire exercises, an annual display of Taiwan’s ability to counter a Chinese attack. Over the last several months, China has taken up an increasingly aggressive stance, its military planes and warships invading Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone with rising frequency.

Today Taiwan’s military were testing the Sky Bow I, a surface-to-air anti-ballistic missile developed by National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology. In the sky, F-16 Fighting Falcons launched rockets to fight off an imagined Chinese incursion into Taiwan’s airspace. Meanwhile, a flotilla of naval vessels took to sea, practicing a coordinated mobilization of the nation’s armed forces.    [FULL  STORY]