Meaning of Lion Rock | Babel Free

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1. An island of Kinmen County, Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait, also known as Shi Islet
2. A hill in Sha Tin district, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
3. A mountain in Tulare county, California, United States, on the Great Western Divide in the Sierra Nevadas.
4. A headland in Piha Beach, Auckland region, North Island, New Zealand, in the Waitākere Ranges on the Pacific Ocean.

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“The Kinmen Defense Command said the drone entered restricted airspace over Shiyu island just after noon.”

“The Kinmen command said in a statement on Tuesday evening that soldiers stationed on three islets — Dadan (大膽), Erdan (二膽) and Shiyu (獅嶼) — each detected a Chinese commercial drone flying in restricted areas near their respective outposts at about 4:23pm.”

“Troops on Kinmen's Shi Island (獅嶼) shot down a Chinese civilian-operated drone Thursday, the first such shootdown since Taiwan ordered a more robust response to unauthorized incursions. In a statement, the Kinmen Defense Command said soldiers stationed on the county's Shi Island (獅嶼) detected an unidentified Chinese drone flying in restricted areas near its outpost at 12:03 p.m. Thursday.”

“After the shoot-down of the drone, Taiwan’s military rushed extra drone jammers — which can disrupt signals of approaching drones — to its bases on Kinmen and Matsu Islands, said Maj. Gen. Chang Jun-Shen of the Kinmen Defense Command. The two islands, with substantial garrisons, send⟳ soldiers to Shiyu, or Lion Islet, the tiny outlying island where soldiers shot down the drone. Fewer than 20 soldiers are posted on the islet, defense analysts said.[…] “There is no evidence these commercial drones flown over outlying islands, including Lion Rock, were under military control⟳,” he said.”

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