The Taiwanese military said it had fired warning shots at a Chinese drone that had entered Taiwanese territory for the first time in its history.
According to Reuters and Sputnik, the Taiwanese military fired warning shots at drones that entered Taiwan's effective control of Jinmen Island.
After a warning shot, the drone flew toward China, Taiwanese military officials said.
Earlier on the 29th, the Jinmen Defense Command found a civilian drone in a sea control area near Suwei, an island attached to Jinmen Island, around 4:00 pm on the 29th and fired a signal in accordance with the pre-determined 'monitoring - notification - evacuation attempt - defensive shooting' procedure. has announced that it has returned to Xiamen, mainland China.
The Taiwanese military explained that the Chinese drone approached Suwi as far as 200 meters and was at an altitude of 30 meters at the time.
Located just 3.2 kilometers from Xiamen City, China, Jinmen Island is the forefront of Taiwan's security.
It is a very difficult condition for Taiwan to defend as it is far from the main island of Taiwan.
The warning fire response came amid growing criticism pressure in Taiwan that the military authorities are lukewarm, despite the frequent appearance of Chinese drones in Taiwan's front-line islands.
A video showing a Taiwanese soldier working at a guard post in Erdandao, 4.5km away from Xiamen, China, trying to kick out a Chinese drone that appeared in the sky was released on the 25th in the Chinese version of YouTube, Biribiri. Criticism has been raised that it was not shot down.
In response, Taiwanese military authorities have announced that they plan to chase out of the airspace through warning sounds, broadcasts, and firing of flares when Chinese drones appear, but if they do not retreat, they will take appropriate measures such as shooting down.
The number of Chinese drones flying to Jinmen Island and its affiliated islands has been on the rise since the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan rapidly escalated military tensions between the two straits (China and Taiwan).
Since the last two days, Chinese drones have appeared 23 times.
The Taiwanese military is known to be struggling to find an appropriate countermeasure, fearing that a strong response, such as shooting down a drone using weapons such as guns, is not technically impossible, but fearing that it may provide an excuse for an attack on the Chinese military in the sensitive front line.