Taiwan accidentally launches missile toward China, kills fishing boat captain

Taiwan accidentally launches missile toward China, kills fishing boat captain

A spokesman for Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense apologized on behalf of the military for the missile incident led to the death of fishing boat captain Huang Wen-Chung. Yesterday, a Taiwan warship accidentally launched a supersonic missile toward China. The “aircraft carrier killer” hit a fishing boat and killed its captain. The Republic of China considers this mistaken…

Taiwan to test-fire missiles in US as China tensions rise
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Taiwan to test-fire missiles in US as China tensions rise

Taiwan plans to test-fire its newest anti-missile system for the first time in the United States next month as relations with rival China deteriorate, a defence source and media reports said Monday. Relations between China and Taiwan have cooled rapidly under the island’s new Beijing-sceptic president Tsai Ing-wen, who took office in May, ending an…