Taiwan fired warning shots at a Chinese drone that buzzed an offshore islet on Tuesday shortly after President Tsai Ing-wen said she had ordered Taiwan's military to take "strong countermeasures" against what she termed Chinese provocations.
It was the first time such warning shots have been.
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PENGHU, Taiwan Taiwan fired warning shots at a Chinese drone which buzzed an offshore islet on Tuesday shortly after President Tsai Ing-wen said she had ordered Taiwan’s military to take “strong countermeasures” against what she termed Chinese provocations.
Taiwan targetted Chinese drones flying over its outlying islands for the first time. China conducted military exercises around Taiwan after U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the island nation.