Tagged: #live-fire

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A large grey Chinese navy amphibious ship with hull number 989 sails through a harbour flying several flags

China airs rare live-fire salvo by four Type 071 landing ships on the eve of Keen Sword

PLA Navy footage shows four Southern Theatre Type 071 amphibious ships firing side by side as China runs drills across four seas before US-Japan exercises.

TaiwanDefence · 1h ago · 3 min read

A camouflaged Chinese tracked self-propelled howitzer with a long barrel parked on a paved museum forecourt

Cross-Strait

Taiwan watches as China's PLA closes Yellow Sea waters for 47 days of live-fire drills

A PLA live-fire notice bars ships from a southern Yellow Sea zone from 15 October to 30 November, extending a two-day closure announced last week.

TaiwanDefence · 2d ago · 3 min read

Chinese navy Type 052D guided-missile destroyer Hefei underway in the South China Sea

ANALYSISAnalysis

Distant China coastal live-fire after Lai's National Day is not a quiet Taiwan Strait

On 12 October 2026 Koo called five China coastal live-fire boxes low threat; ADIZ flights the same morning show pressure did not pause.

TaiwanDefence · 6d ago · 3 min read

A grey Chinese navy destroyer with hull number 174 sailing on open sea

Cross-Strait

China's military sets live-fire drills in five sea areas this week as Beijing attacks Lai's speech

Navigation warnings mark PLA live-fire and training zones in the Bohai, Yellow, East China and South China seas, all well away from Taiwan.

TaiwanDefence · 11 Oct 2026 · 2 min read