Taiwan shoots down ‘civilian’ drone over tiny islet off China

TAIPEI, 02 Septmeber 2022, (TON): Taipei’s military said “Taiwanese soldiers on a tiny islet just off China’s mainland shot down an unidentified civilian drone after it entered a restricted zone.”

It is the first time Taiwanese forces have downed a drone and comes at a time when tensions between Beijing and Taipei are at their highest in decades.

Taiwan’s defense ministry said a small civilian drone entered a restricted zone above Shiyu Islet, a small rock that lies between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan’s Kinmen islands.

The defense ministry said “the stationed troops followed procedures to warn off the drone but to no avail. The drone was shot down in defensive fire.”

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