Photos of missile units and Chinese warships ‘adherence marks’ also released
In a situation where China has been conducting a large-scale military exercise in the nature of Taiwanese armed reunification exercise since the 4th, Taiwan has announced a large-scale artillery fire drill, sending a message that it will not succumb to the Chinese threat.
According to the Taiwan Central News Agency on the 7th, the Taiwanese army will conduct a large-scale artillery firing drill using 78 howitzers with 155mm howitzers and 6 howitzers with 120mm howitzers near Pingtung County in southern Pingtung County for three days from the 9th to the 11th.
While avoiding further escalation of military tension by staggering the timing of the large-scale military exercise conducted by the Chinese military on the 4th and 7th, Taiwan intends to send a message that it will not be swayed by Chinese military pressure by holding a large-scale live-fire drill right following the Chinese military exercise. is evaluated as
Artillery forces such as howitzers and mortar units play a key role in preventing the People’s Liberation Army from invading Taiwan in case of emergency.
Separately, from the 5th of next month, the Taiwanese military is planning to conduct joint live-fire drills in the open air using weapons such as AH-64 Apache attack helicopters, AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters, tanks, and armored vehicles.
The Taiwanese side, which had refrained from responding as much as possible to prevent further escalation of tensions, has also launched a psychological warfare response, such as releasing a photo of a surface-to-ship missile unit aimed at the Chinese military.
The Taiwanese military released pictures of the Navy’s Sheungfeng-2 surface-to-ship missile unit, which is on 24-hour vigilance in response to Chinese military protests on the same day.
The Taiwanese military said, “With the naval units standing on the watch for 24 hours, the Heungfeng-2 surface-to-ship missile installed on the coast is tracking the target while waiting for orders.”
The Xiongfeng-2 missile, with a range of up to 1,200 km, is one of Taiwan’s key asymmetric forces.
In this regard, the Taiwanese military’s unveiling of the Xiongfeng-2 missile unit can be evaluated as a demonstration of its ability to launch a retaliatory action by launching missiles into the interior of mainland China if China truly invades.
On the eve of the Taiwan Ministry of Defense, a Facebook account posted a video of a Taiwanese destroyer and a maritime police ship closely monitoring the Chinese navy destroyer Ma’anshan while sailing in waters near Taiwan.
The day before, the Chinese military launched a psychological warfare by disclosing the appearance of their warships close to the coastline of Taiwan’s main island through the state-run news agency Xinhua.
China regards the visit of U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan as a breach of the Maginot Line on the ‘One China Principle’ and high-intensity armed protests.
The level of military tension between China and Taiwan reached the highest level in more than 20 years since the Taiwan Strait Missile Crisis of 1995-1996 as China conducted threatening military exercises on an unprecedented scale.
/yunhap news
