Jakarta –
Authority Taiwan said there was a massive infiltration by Chinese fighter jets. There were 10 fighter jets, accompanied by five Chinese warships that allegedly entered Taiwan’s air defense zone.
As reported by Reuters, Wednesday (9/8/2023), China’s military activity was recorded as the second intrusion that occurred in Taiwan’s air defense zone so far this week.
Taiwan has repeatedly complained about China’s military activity near its territory over the past three years. Beijing has indeed stepped up pressure to force Taipei to accept its claims of sovereignty.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense reported that on Wednesday (9/8) morning, starting at 09:00 local time, it detected a total of 25 Chinese military aircraft involved in operations in the ocean, involving a number of J-10 fighter jets and J-16 fighter jets as well as aircraft H-6 bomber.
Taipei also said about 10 of the Chinese fighter jets had flown across the median line of the Taiwan Strait — previously serving as the unofficial barrier between the two countries — or flew as far as entering the southwest part of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone, or ADIZ.
Taiwan’s ADIZ is a large area monitored and patrolled by Taiwan’s military, to give its troops more time to respond to emerging threats. In its action, Chinese military planes only entered ADIZ and had not entered Taiwan’s airspace.
In its statement, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry called the military planes and five Beijing warships involved in the patrol “combat readiness”.
The Taipei military also deployed its warships and fighter planes to guard and monitor Beijing’s planes and warships.
Next up: China’s previous infiltration.
See also ‘When Chinese Warships ‘Cut Off’ US Destroyers in the Taiwan Strait’:
(aik/aik)
2023-08-09 13:00:59
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