Taiwan’s military practiced repelling a simulated Chinese assault on an outlying island group on Thursday as part of annual military drills addressing the threat from across the Taiwan Strait. Units from the army, navy and air force were deployed for the drills on the Penghu islands. They featured tanks, rocket launchers, assault helicopters and soldiers using
shoulder-fired missiles to repel a force invading from across the 160-kilometer (100 mile) -wide strait. Warships maneuvered offshore and fighter jets deployed flares. The drills come amid heightened tensions with China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory to be brought under its control by force if necessary. READ MORE
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