The China Post
Date: December 23, 2016
By: The China Post news staff
In a joint effort with the Defense Ministry(國防部), the Coast Guard Administration (海巡署) completed an
A 40mm cannon fires into the sea, sending up waves of white splashes on Taiping Island on Thursday, Dec. 22. (Photo Courtesy of the Coast Guard Administration )
artillery firing demonstration on Taiping Island (太平島) in the disputed South China Sea on Thursday.
The Defense Ministry’s 120 mm mortar bomb saw its first artillery firing on the island on Thursday, among other military weapons and canons.
The demonstration was the first since an arbitration on the South China Sea in July.
The artillery firing display was initially scheduled for October. The Coast Guard Administration confirmed that it had been postponed by the Defense Ministry until Dec. 21 through Dec. 23 on personnel issues. [FULL STORY]
