TAIPEI, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Taiwan's defence ministry said on Thursday that unidentified aircraft, probably drones, had flown on Wednesday night above the area of its Kinmen islands and that it had fired flares to drive them away.
Major General Chang Zone-sung of the Army's Kinmen Defense Command told Reuters that the Chinese drones came in a pair and flew into the Kinmen area twice on Wednesday night, at around 9 p.m. (1300 GMT).
and 10 p.m."We immediately fired flares to issue warnings and to drive them away.
The heavily fortified Kinmen islands are just off the southeastern coast of China, near the city of Xiamen.
Last week, Taiwan's military fired flares to warn away a drone that "glanced" its Matsu archipelago off the coast of China's Fujian province and was possibly probing its defences, Taiwan's defence ministry said.
Persons:
Nancy Pelosi, General Chang, Chang, Yimou Lee, Tony Munroe, Muralikumar Anantharaman, Stephen Coates
Organizations:
U.S . House, Kinmen Defense Command, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
TAIPEI, Taiwan, China, Xiamen, China's Fujian