Taiwan says it fired flares to drive away suspected drones near Kinmen Inquirer News


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A Taiwan national flag flutters on top of Taiwan’s Presidential Offices in Taipei on May 24, 2022. AFP TAIPEI — Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Thursday that unidentified aircraft, probably drones, had flown on Wednesday night above the area of its Kinmen islands and that it had fired flares to drive them away. Taiwan has been on alert as China conducts a series of military exercises in response to a visit to the island this week by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi. ADVERTISEMENT Major General Chang Zone-sung of the Army’s Kinmen Defense Command told Reuters that the Chinese...