Focus Taiwan

Two Chinese reconnaissance vessels were seen off the east coast of Taiwan on Wednesday, during a live-fire exercise by Taiwan’s armed forces, a military source told CNA.

When the presence of the two Chinese spy ships was detected, a Taiwan Navy warship was dispatched to monitor and deter them, and they eventually sailed away, said the source, who asked not to be named because they were not authorized to speak on the issue.

At the time, all branches of Taiwan’s military were preparing to engage in a live-fire exercise at Jiupeng military base in the southeastern county of Pingtung, during which the country’s major missile systems were to be test fired, according to the source.

The weapons fired from the coastal base included the indigenous Hsiung Feng II and III anti-ship missiles and Tien Kung I and III anti-tactical ballistic missiles, and the U.S.-made Harpoon missiles, Patriot PAC-2 missiles, and Standard Missile 1 (SM-1), according to the military.

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