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Taiwan has deployed a small number of its indigenous Albatross unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to Pratas and Taiping Islands in the South China Sea.
Each island had one set of system which consists of 4 aircraft along with its ground control station.
The system deployed to Pratas Island is tasked with monitoring the military exercises that China is executing off Shantou. It complements the reconnaisance assests that Taiwan will deploy from the island to monitor those exercises.
The other system on Taiping Island will help monitor the artificial islands that China had constructed in the South China Sea.
Previously operated by the Army Aviation and Special Forces Command, these UAVs were transferred to Naval Fleet Command in 2017.
Each island had one set of system which consists of 4 aircraft along with its ground control station.
The system deployed to Pratas Island is tasked with monitoring the military exercises that China is executing off Shantou. It complements the reconnaisance assests that Taiwan will deploy from the island to monitor those exercises.
The other system on Taiping Island will help monitor the artificial islands that China had constructed in the South China Sea.
Previously operated by the Army Aviation and Special Forces Command, these UAVs were transferred to Naval Fleet Command in 2017.
