The Taiwanese military conducts a live-fire drill with US supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS, for the first time outside of the Jiupeng Base. Test rockets were fired along the Dajia River towards China. "We rapidly maneuvered to our positions upon receiving orders and conducted shooting training directly from positions on both the south and north banks of the Dajia River," commander Ko Ming-pin told reporters. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES