Taiwan Fires Live Ammunition at Chinese Drone for First TimeGabrielle Reyes 31 Aug 2022
Taiwan’s military fired live ammunition on a Chinese drone on Tuesday after the drone intruded into the airspace above one of the sovereign island nation’s outer islets, the online newspaper Taiwan News reported, noting that the incident marked the first time Taipei has used live ammunition to fire warning shots on a Chinese drone.
The Taiwanese Army’s Kinmen Defense Command (KDC) issued the following statement confirming the August 30 interaction:
Starting at 4:23 p.m. that afternoon, three batches of three ‘civilian’ drones each were detected flying over Dadan Island, Erdan Island, and Shi Islet, respectively in Kinmen County’s Lieyu Township. After being warned by Taiwanese soldiers with signal flares, the UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] flew away from the islands and in the direction of China’s Xiamen.
At 5:59 p.m., another drone entered the airspace over the restricted waters of Erdan Island again. Taiwanese troops again issued warnings in accordance with procedures. However, because the UAV continued to circle over the island, soldiers fired live rounds at the drone to drive it away. The UAV then flew away in the direction of Xiamen at 6 p.m.
Taiwan’s KDC warned on August 28 that any Chinese drones that intruded into Taiwanese airspace and failed to heed warnings by the island’s military to leave would be “shot down.” Taipei issued the notice shortly after video footage surfaced online showing repeated and exceptionally intrusive drone flyovers into Taiwanese airspace in the preceding days. Taiwan News reported on August 28 that “yet more footage” had begun circulating on social media that captured “Chinese unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) compromising Taiwanese military facilities.”
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