- China released a simulation video on Friday of how it could strike Taiwan with waves of missiles.
- The clips are a hype montage of CGI and live footage from mock strikes carried out last weekend.
- They showed off the ground-based launchers, jet fighters, and naval ships that China could fire from.
China’s Eastern Theater Command on Friday released a simulation video of its missile forces carrying out a mass attack on Taiwan, boasting its land, sea, and air launch capabilities.
The 70-second hype video used a mix of computer-generated animation and live footage to depict warships, land-based rocket launchers, and jet fighters launching waves of missiles at the island.
“Destroy the pillar of Taiwanese independence! Strike the base camp of Taiwanese independence! Cut off the blood flow of Taiwanese independence!” the People’s Liberation Army branch wrote in the video.
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China’s Eastern Theater Command on Friday released a simulation video of its missile forces carrying out a mass attack on Taiwan, boasting its land, sea, and air launch capabilities.
The 70-second hype video used a mix of computer-generated animation and live footage to depict warships, land-based rocket launchers, and jet fighters launching waves of missiles at the island.
Animated missiles — dubbed “independence killing weapons” in the video — descend upon a 3D map of Taipei, Hualien, and Kaohsiung, disappearing in GIFs of fireballs.
Friday’s missile video was released in tandem with China’s series of joint live-fire drills around Taiwan beginning Thursday, its largest such exercise in over a year near the self-governed island.
The “Joint Sword” exercise lasted two days, according to Chinese authorities, who said it was a coordinated effort by its land, sea, air, and missile forces as “punishment” for “separatist” acts in Taiwan.
Lai and his party, which governed Taiwan under previous leader Tsai Ing-wen, have focused on resisting Beijing, angering Chinese officials who say Taipei is teetering toward their red line of declaring independence.
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