China's military simulated precision strikes against Taiwan in a second day of drills around the island on Sunday, with the island's Defence Ministry reporting multiple air force sorties and that it was monitoring China's missile forces.
Security source says ships from both sides in standoff near Taiwan Strait's median lineIn this image from video and made available on Sunday by China's CCTV, soldiers manoeuvre inside a ballistic missile launch command centre during a military drill at an unspecified location in China.
"Taiwan is not their only target," the source said, speaking on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to the media. "It's very provocative." The ministry said they were paying particular attention to the People's Liberation Army's Rocket Force, which is in charge of China's land-based missile system.
China's aircraft carrier Shandong, which Taiwan has been monitoring since last week, is now more than 400 nautical miles off Taiwan's southeast coast and is carrying out drills, the source said.Zhao Xiaozhuo of China's Academy of Military Sciences told the Chinese state-backed Global Times newspaper this was the first time China had openly talked of simulated attacks on targets in Taiwan.
U.S. channels of communication with China remain open and the United States had consistently urged restraint and no change to the status quo, said a spokesperson for the American Institute in Taiwan, which serves as an embassy in the absence of formal diplomatic ties.Washington severed diplomatic relations with Taipei in favour of Beijing in 1979 but is bound by law to provide the island with the means to defend itself.
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