Taiwan conducts military drill, with China in mind

Taiwan conducts military drill, with China in mind

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A Taiwan Air Force fighter plane lands on an expressway in Chiayi City, southwestern Taiwan, in a military exercise open to the press on Sept. 16, 2014, on the assumption that an airport had been damaged by Chinese ballistic missile attacks.

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