TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The military will conduct a three-day joint precision munitions live-fire exercise from Wednesday to Friday at the Jiupeng base in Pingtung to assess long-range precision-strike capabilities and test new equipment.
The exercise will include routine live-fire operations involving fighter jets, Patriot and Sky Bow air defense missiles, and the Navy's Hsiung Feng II and III anti-ship missiles, per CNA. The Army will deploy High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and ALTIUS 600M loitering munitions. The retired Chi Yang-class frigate Lan Yang will serve as the target.
The exercise will test integrated strike capabilities across air, sea, and coastal domains. The Navy will also conduct wartime transition drills.
Three warning zones have been designated. The first lies in waters east of the coastline from Taimali in Taitung to Eluanbi in Pingtung, according to CNA. The second extends from the Taitung-Pingtung boundary eastward to waters off Green Island and Orchid Island. The third is located in waters east of Chenggong and Taimali in Taitung.
