Taiwan Unleashes Thunderbolt Rockets in Live-Fire Drill Amid Rising China Threats

Taiwan’s military simulated the destruction of an invading Chinese amphibious force along its central coastline on Tuesday, staging a massive live-fire exercise designed around realistic combat conditions. Spanning an urgent 20-kilometer stretch of beaches and mud flats near Taichung, the drill integrated domestically developed, truck-mounted Thunderbolt-2000 multiple rocket launcher systems alongside U.S.-made M109A2 self-propelled howitzers to establish a lethal coastal defensive "kill zone." Military officials highlighted a significant tactical shift in the training regimen, drastically reducing standard troop preparation times to single-day windows and abandoning predictable, fixed-line heavy artillery formations. The high-mobility maneuvers underscore Taipei's ongoing modernization push to fortify its western defenses against unpredictable cross-strait flashpoints as Beijing maintains near-daily naval and aerial incursions around the self-governing island.

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