China opens FIRE just 12 miles from Taiwan as enormous military drills ‘blockade’ island and defenders ‘blast drones’

CHINA has opened fire just 12 miles from Taiwan as enormous military drills “blockade” the island nation, leaving defenders to “blast drones” out of the sky. Taiwan’s defence ministry said it fired warning shots at unidentified aircraft flying over its Kinmen islands on Wednesday night. AFPChina is conducting live fire drills 12 miles from Taiwan[/caption] It comes as China fired long-range rockets towards Taiwan in the latest military drills taking place in the Taiwan Strait. Smoke trails from rocket launcher fire from the precision strikes on a specific area in eastern Taiwan Straits were seen Thursday evening, according to a Chinese blog.