It is the fourth day of the annual live-fire Han Kuang military exercises, which involve about 8,000 personnel from all three branches of the Taiwan military. Thursday's drills were held in central Taiwan at Jianan Beach, Taichung Port, and Taichung Ching Chuan Kang Air Base.
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