Apprehension As Taiwan Detects Guided Missiles Fired By China
August 4, 2022
10:46 am
The Taiwan Defence Ministry has on Thursday confirmed that the China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had fired “several Tongfeng-class guided missiles” into the waters north-east and south-west of the island on Thursday afternoon.
A ministry spokesperson said shortly that Taiwan’s armed forces had also tracked the firings in real time after they were detected at 1:56 pm (0556 GMT) and had activated related defence systems.
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The ministry condemned “this irrational action that is undermining regional peace.”
The confirmation by the Defence Ministry appeared to be one of the …
