Taiwan, armed forces exercises. The arrival of the US delegation on the island

The island's army has since yesterday opened a two-day session of military exercises in the southern end of the China Sea.The Taiwanese military conducted live fire exercises on the southern coast of the island on Monday. Military exercises on Taiwan island today: The Taiwanese military used Humvee military vehicles against static targets at a strategic point in the autonomous territory, according to local media reports.

US-made TOW A2 missiles were used in the maneuvers, fired at targets during firing exercises. The area covered by the maneuvers overlooks the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea, the Pacific Ocean and the Bashi Channel, which separates Taiwan from the Philippines. The coast used in the maneuvers represents a highly strategic place to observe Chinese military activity, but it is also a probable landing site in case of an invasion.

All this a delegation of the Republican Study Committee (RSC) of the US House of Representatives has arrived on the island for a five-day visit, during which they will meet with President Tsai Ing-wen, Vice President Lai Ching-te and Minister Foreign Minister Joseph Wu. This was reported by the Taiwanese Foreign Ministry in a statement, specifying that the mission is led by the president of the RSC, Kevin Hern. The delegation also includes Republicans Burgess Owens, Mike Flood, Mike Collins, Russell Fry and Keith Self. Founded in 1973 by Paul Weyrich, the Republican Study Committee is the largest caucus in Congress: it includes 175 members of the Republican Party.