On August 8, China announced it would extend
military exercises near Taiwan amid mounting
fear of a potential conflict in the region.
FOX reports that social media posts from the People's
Liberation Army claim exercises include drills to
counter potential U.S. military support for Taiwan.
FOX reports that social media posts from the People's
Liberation Army claim exercises include drills to
counter potential U.S. military support for Taiwan.
According to the Chinese military, the exercises
include missile strikes, warplanes and
ship movements crossing the Taiwan Strait.
.
According to the Chinese military, the exercises
include missile strikes, warplanes and
ship movements crossing the Taiwan Strait.
.
On August 7, Taiwan’s defense ministry
said it had detected 66 aircraft and
14 warships involved in the exercises.
Taiwan's military has been put on alert and has deployed ships, aircraft and other assets to monitor Chinese drills , "simulating attacks on the island of Taiwan.".
FOX reports that China has dismissed calls
to ease tensions and has given no immediate
indication of when the military exercises would end.
In response to the Chinese exercises,
Taiwan's military will conduct its own drills
in Pingtung County on August 9 and 10.
In response to the Chinese exercises,
Taiwan's military will conduct its own drills
in Pingtung County on August 9 and 10.
Taiwan's drills will reportedly feature
snipers, combat vehicles, armored
vehicles and attack helicopters.
China views Taiwan as part of its own
territory and has repeatedly threatened
to annex the island by force.
China views visits to Taiwan
by foreign officials as recognition
of the island nation's sovereignty.
China views visits to Taiwan
by foreign officials as recognition
of the island nation's sovereignty
Chinese President Xi Jinping conveyed to former Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou on Wednesday that external interference would not impede the "family reunion" between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. He emphasised that all issues are open for discussion. Since the Republic of China government retreated to Taiwan in 1949 following a civil war loss to Mao Zedong's communists, no sitting Taiwanese leader has visited China. However, Ma, who served as president from 2008 to 2016, broke this pattern last year, marking the first visit by a former Taiwanese leader to China. This visit, Ma's second, occurs amid heightened military tensions in the region.
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Tensions Rise Amid , US-South Korea , Military Drills.
'Newsweek' reports that North Korea has issued
a clear warning to the United States and South
Korea in response to annual joint military exercises. .
'Newsweek' reports that North Korea has issued
a clear warning to the United States and South
Korea in response to annual joint military exercises. .
On March 4, the U.S. and South Korea began Freedom
Shield, prompting North Korea to carry out large-scale
artillery drills along the country's western coast.
On March 4, the U.S. and South Korea began Freedom
Shield, prompting North Korea to carry out large-scale
artillery drills along the country's western coast.
The large-scale war drills staged
by the world's biggest nuclear weapons
state ... in the Korean Peninsula, where
a nuclear war may be ignited even with
a spark, can never be called 'defensive.', Korean Central News Agency, via 'Newsweek'.
North Korea's long-range artillery display
is meant to reinforce perception of the
nation's formidable military capabilities. .
The North Korean provocations that
Kim Jong Un enjoys the most, and the
South Korean military is most nervous
about, are ballistic-missile and long-
range-multiple-rocket-launcher fire. , Kim Minseok, research fellow at the
Korea Defense and Security Forum, via 'Newsweek'.
However, North Korea used 122 mm,
130 mm, 155 mm, [and] 220 mm field
artillery and multiple rocket launchers
in this drill—no large 400-plus mm
multiple rocket launchers and
short-range ballistic missiles. , Kim Minseok, research fellow at the
Korea Defense and Security Forum, via 'Newsweek'.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff are closely
monitoring North Korea's military activity amid
the ongoing Freedom Shield joint military exercises.
Reuters reports that this year's exercises
involve twice the number of troops
than previous iterations.
North Korea's artillery fire drills are
demonstrations to show off their
numbers, not tactical exercises.
Firing hundreds of field artillery
pieces at once in a dense area
only measures that they were fired. , Kim Minseok, research fellow at the
Korea Defense and Security Forum, via 'Newsweek'.
Modern artillery combat is more
about firing accurately from
a dispersed position, like the
'shoot and scoot' artillery tactic. , Kim Minseok, research fellow at the
Korea Defense and Security Forum, via 'Newsweek'
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