Taiwan launches spring military drills following presidential election amid China threats
Taiwan is holding spring military drills following its recent presidential election and amid threats from China, which claims the island as its own territory that it is determined to annex, possibly by force. Reporters on Tuesday were flown to a base in the southern county of Pingtung, where the air force maintains a fleet of C-130 transport planes, E-2 early warning aircraft and P-3 Orion submarine hunters and maritime surveillance planes. The tour for journalists included a display of the various ordnance carried on the P-3, a turboprop aircraft with four engines developed by Lockheed that...
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