China practises hitting key ports, energy sites in Taiwan drills

Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense · last updated April 2, 2025 – 1:30 AM

Taipei (AFP) April 2, 2025

China’s military said it practised hitting key ports and energy sites during “live-fire” drills Wednesday as part of exercises aimed at Taiwan, the democratic island it claims as its own. The surprise manoeuvres were criticised by Washington as “intimidation tactics” and come after Taiwan President Lai Ching-te called China a “foreign hostile force”. Named “Strait Thunder-2025A”, the dri

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