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Taiwan Fired "Defensive Shots" At China Drones For First Time

Taiwan Fired "Defensive Shots" At China Drones For First Time


by Tyler Durden
Tuesday, Aug 30, 2022 - 05:44 PM

Taiwan's defense ministry has issued new details of the live fire incident with a Chinese drone which happened near Taiwan-controlled islands reportedly in the Dadan, Erdan and Shiyu areas.

Crucially, Taipei is confirming live ammunition was used, and not merely warning flares as in a prior July confrontation: "As Taiwan's military had warned on Sunday (Aug. 28), troops fired live ammunition on a Chinese drone that failed to heed warnings as it flew over an outer island on Tuesday," local reports cite defense officials as saying.

Dadan Island, just off the Chinese mainland

Taiwan regional media described the drone cluster as including "three batches of three civilian drones" - and that according to protocol warning flares were first fired. Taiwanese media has detailed the encounter as follows:

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