Taiwan’s army staged live-fire exercises on Tuesday night, as part of a series of military exercises.

Flares lit up targets on a mountainside at a base in Taiwan’s far-southern Pingtung county while tanks and cannons fired in almost complete darkness.

Apache attack helicopters, Ching-kuo Indigenous Defense Fighters, artillery and drones were expected to feature in the drills in Pingtung.

Although the drills were part of a regular round of annual exercises, this year’s focus was on the threat Taiwan is facing from its neighbor, China.

(Reuters)

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