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China fires rockets into waters off Taiwan in second day of military drills
China has fired rockets into the waters off Taiwan on a second day of large-scale war games around the island aimed at rehearsing a blockade.
The country's military deployed new amphibious assault ships alongside bomber aircraft and warships in what Beijing called a "stern warning" against separatist and "external interference" forces. China has long insisted Taiwan - which has been ruled separately from China since 1949 following the civil war that brought the Communist Party to power in the mainland - is part of its sovereign territory and has expressed anger at US weapons sales to the self-ruled island.
Its military is carrying out 10 hours of live-firing drills at five locations surrounding Taiwan. The Eastern Theatre Command of China's People's Liberation Army released a video of what appeared to be a mobile PCH-191 rocket launcher firing into the sea from an unspecified location in China and said rockets had been fired into waters north and south of Taiwan.
Naval and air force units also simulated strikes on maritime and aerial targets as well as anti-submarine operations to the island's north and south, the Chinese military said. The drills, named "Justice Mission 2025.
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