President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) yesterday performed an inspection of a Marine Corps base in Taoyuan, where she shouldered a Taiwan-made rocket launcher, saying it was “light and handy.”
During Tsai’s inspection tour of the 66th Marine Brigade base, she was briefed on some of the weapons systems used by the Marine Corps, and showed particular interest in the Kestrel anti-tank rocket launcher, an individual shoulder-launched weapon system developed by the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technology, the military’s top research unit.
Tsai picked up an unloaded Kestrel and balanced it on her shoulder, saying it was “relatively light and handy.”
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Thirty Chinese military aircraft on Monday entered Taiwan’s southwestern air defense identification zone the second-biggest single-day incursion this year.
The latest incident involved 22 fighter jets as well as electronic warfare aircraft, and anti-submarine and airborne early warning and control aircraft. They flew on a course close to the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands (Dongsha Islands, 東沙群島) and the strategically important Bashi Channel.
As per standard practice, Taiwan’s military scrambled interceptor jets, issued radio warnings and deployed defense missile systems to track the Chinese aircraft.
Such incursions are an overt display of Beijing’s unrelenting war of attrition against Taiwan and have become a regular
Crossing the median line is reportedly not a typical occurrence, with the latest such incident involving People s Liberation Army aircraft occurring on. 11.05.2022, Sputnik International