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2021/08/04 13:59 The Dongsha atoll (CNA, Construction and Planning Agency photo). The Dongsha atoll (CNA, Construction and Planning Agency photo). TAIPEI (Taiwan News) The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) plans to hold live-fire drills involving Kestrel anti-armor missiles near the disputed South China Sea island of Dongsha next month, reports said Wednesday (Aug. 4). The maneuvers scheduled for Sept. 5 and Sept. 12 will use the missiles supplied by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Technology (NCSIST) in an effort to simulate the destruction of a Chinese naval unit trying to land on the island, CNA reported. The drills will include the firing of missiles up to a height of 12,000 feet above Dongsha, according to a statement from the CGA. While it has described the September action as part of regular annual drills, China has over the past year sent military planes into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification
Taiwan to test self-made rockets on island in South China Sea
08/04/2021 04:41 PM
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Taipei, Aug. 4 (CNA) The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) is scheduled to hold two rounds of live-fire exercises on the Taiwan-held Pratas (Dongsha) Island in the South China Sea next month and will test an indigenous anti-armor rocket.
According to a notice issued by the CGA to warn aircraft and ships before the drill, the live-fire exercises will be staged from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sept. 5 and Sept. 12, with an expected danger zone of up to eight nautical miles and a maximum projectile altitude of 12,000 feet.