1st September 2022 – (Taipei) Taiwanese Army’s Kinmen Defence Command reported that at around 12.30pm today, an unknown civilian aerial drone was found to enter the airspace over the restricted waters near Shihyu Islet or Shu Islet, Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan. The garrisoned troops responded in accordance with the procedures, and after the warning was ignored, the drone was shot down The Ministry of Defence said that it will continue to search and monitor closely to maintain the security of the defence area. This is the first time that a drone was shot down with live ammunition.
Shi Islet is located 1 km (0.62 mi) from Lesser Kinmen Island (Lieyu) and 4 km (2.5 mi) from Xiamen Island (Amoy), Fujian, China. The islet was originally named Shu Islet (pinyin: Shǔ Yǔ, lit. ’rat islet’). The present name is given by Chiang Ching-kuo during his visits to military bases in Kinmen, this is adopted in 1960.