China's PLA military has long been known to intimidate and threaten the self-ruled island of Taiwan, mainly with large military exercises which sometime encircle it partially or completely, or else with a heavy naval boat presence in the Strait of Hormuz.Taiwan's military often reacts by scrambling its own fighter jets to closely monitor the PLA maneuvers – seen as a natural defensive and reactive move. But this week, in a rare moment, Taiwan is finally doing some proactive flexing of its own.EPA-EFE"Taiwan fired U.S. mobile missile launchers into the strategic waters directly facing China for the first time, sending a…