Taiwan conducts live-fire missile drills as China ramps up military threats

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Taiwan’s military launched surface-to-air missiles in live-fire drills on Tuesday in response to growing military pressure from China&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The exercises took place at the Jiupeng Military Base in a remote area in southern Taiwan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Among the missiles launched were Taiwan’s domestically-made Sky Bow III anti-ballistic missiles along with the US-made Patriot PAC II and surface-to-air Standard missiles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;184139" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-184139" style&equals;"width&colon; 640px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;08&sol;IMG&lowbar;6102&period;webp" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"640" height&equals;"427" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-184139" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-184139" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">The live-fire drills took place at the Jiupeng Military Base in a remote area in Pingtung County&comma; southern Taiwan<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>China claims the democratically ruled island of Taiwan as its own territory&comma; to be brought under its control by force if necessary&comma; and has ramped up its military threat in recent years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Beijing in particular dislikes Taiwan’s new President Lai Ching-te&comma; who took office earlier this year and whom Beijing has called a separatist&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Taipei has boosted its deterrence capabilities in response&period; Missiles&comma; both domestically-built and US-made&comma; are key to its defence strategy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Defence Ministry spokesman Sun Li-fang said all the missiles launched on Tuesday hit their targets&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This shows our training is very strict and solid&comma;” he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Beijing did not immediately react to Taiwan’s drill&period; China sends military jets and vessels near Taiwan frequently in what critics call an intimidation tactic&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said early on Tuesday that it had spotted five Chinese military jets and 11 ships close to its shores over the previous 24 hours&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait&comma; an unofficial demarcation zone between the two sides&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While its military is dwarfed by China’s&comma; Taiwan has bought high-tech weaponry from the United States&comma; revitalised its domestic arms industry and extended the length of mandatory military service from four months to one year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The US is bound by its own laws to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself and considers all threats to the island a matter of great concern&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68e64ba6bb46c">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; 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