Taiwan Fires Warning Shots as PLA's Drone Approaches Toward Kinmen Islands
Taiwan Fires Warning Shots as PLA's Drone Approaches Toward KinmenIslands
Taiwan's defense ministry said it fired warning shots to repel a drone deployed by China that kept revolving near the airspace in the outlying Kinmen island.
The reported incident comes after weeks of escalating tensions between Beijing and Taipei in the wake of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's controversial visit Taiwan Fires Warning Shots as PLA's Drone Approaches Toward KinmenIslands.
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