The People's Liberation Army conducted a series of live-fire exercises and training operations around Taiwan on Thursday, including the firing of multiple ballistic missiles, after United States House
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Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesman for the PLA Eastern Theater Command, said that the PLA Rocket Force, from multiple locations on the mainland, launched several types of ballistic missiles carrying
conventional warheads to designated water areas off the eastern coast of Taiwan on Thursday afternoon. All of the missiles accurately hit their targets, he said.
The drills tested the Rocket Force's capabilities to fulfill precision attack and area-denial tasks, the spokesman noted, adding that the missile test operations had finished and the related airspace and
waters had been reopened to civilian use.
Video clips published by the command showed several DF-15B short-range ballistic missiles being fired from mobile launch vehicles in mountainous regions. Vehicles carrying what appeared to be a larger missile model were also seen traveling by road in the clips.
