ZUOYING, TAIWAN — Taiwan’s navy deployed two medium-class strike drones on Saturday for the island’s biggest annual military exercise, and their designs resemble those of the loitering munitions giving Ukraine fresh wins against Russia this year.
The pair of fixed-wing, propeller-driven drones appeared during a littoral combat drill simulating an attack on Zuoying, Taiwan’s southwest coast.
It was the first time these drones were shown at the Han Kuang exercise, Taiwan’s annual rehearsals against a Chinese invasion.
As the drones loitered for about 30 minutes above the beach, Taiwanese military officials described them to reporters as…
