The Taiwanese Air Force has carried out unsuccessful missile tests of US-made Sparrow and French-made Mica missiles during a drill at an airbase in southern Taiwan earlier this week.

Two of four missiles missed their targets, air force spokesman Pan Kung-shiao told Agence France Presse.

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“Our procedure was correct, and we will review this with the French and the US sides that made the missiles,” he added.

The recent tests follow a similar failure that occurred two months ago during a live-fire manoeuvre, in which six out of 19 missiles missed their targets or failed to explode.

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