Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/04/17
By: Huang Huei-min and Ko Lin
Taipei, April 17 (CNA) The military will continue routine training while maintaining rapid
Photo courtesy of Kinmen Defense Command
response capability and combat readiness amid China’s upcoming life-fire exercise in the Taiwan Strait, the Kinmen Defense Command said Tuesday.
An artillery practice using shoulder-launched rockets was conducted on the outlying island that day, an exercise the command said was part of routine annual training.
In a statement, Kinmen Defense Command said training will continue and combat readiness be maintained as usual.
The exercise on Tuesday was held one day prior to a live-fire military exercise to be conducted by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) in the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday.
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