Taiwan blasts US missiles towards China for first time in major development
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Taiwan has blasted US rockets towards China for the first time in a major military development amid escalating international tensions.
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The military exercise marked the inaugural westward deployment of the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, known as HIMARS.The two-day drill took place near Taichung city along a 12-mile coastal stretch known as "red beaches", areas deemed likely landing points for any Chinese assault.Taiwan's defence ministry said: "The live-fire exercise was based on a scenario simulating an enemy amphibious force attempting to invade the central region."Previous tests had only been conducted from the island's southeastern coast into the Pacific Ocean.Security analyst William Yang described the decision to fire towards China from the west coast as "symbolically significant"."Due to the current enemy threat, we will continue HIMARS training with unwavering determination to protect Taiwan as the nation's strongest force," Army Sergeant Wang Ming-hui said.The HIMARS...
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