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Taiwanese military “also detected three Chinese balloons crossing the mid-line of the Taiwan Strait”
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeong Jae-yong = With two days left before Taiwan’s presidential election day (the 13th), the Chinese military’s military pressure targeting Taiwan continues.
Taiwan’s Free Times reported on the 11th, citing an announcement by Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense, that from 6 a.m. the previous day to 6 a.m. this day, the Taiwanese military captured 15 military aircraft and 4 warships belonging to the People’s Liberation Army in the airspace and waters around Taiwan.
A map of the activities of People’s Liberation Army military aircraft and Chinese balloons in the airspace around Taiwan.
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According to Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense, among these 15 People’s Liberation Army military aircraft, one Y-8 anti-submarine reconnaissance aircraft and one Y-9 electronic warfare aircraft each entered the airspace in the southwestern part of Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) and then returned to Chinese airspace.
Taiwan’s military immediately sortied fighter jets and activated an air defense missile system to track the aircraft.
In addition, ships were dispatched to the relevant waters to monitor the movements of the People’s Liberation Army ships.
In addition, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense detected three Chinese balloons that crossed the midline of the Taiwan Strait between 6:53 a.m. and 2:20 p.m. the previous day.
These three balloons, which crossed the midline of the Taiwan Strait, moved through Taiwanese airspace from west to east at an altitude of 23,000 to 25,000 feet, with one in particular moving eastward through the area around Taipei, northern Taiwan. .
The middle line of the Taiwan Strait is an unofficial boundary declared by U.S. Air Force General Benjamin Davis in 1955 following the signing of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the U.S. and Taiwan in December 1954 to prevent military conflict between China and Taiwan.
Previously, the Taiwanese military had captured eight military aircraft and five warships belonging to the People’s Liberation Army in the airspace and waters around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on the 9th and 6 a.m. on the 10th.
Taiwan’s military also detected a Chinese balloon crossing the midline of the Taiwan Strait on the 9th, moving from west to east over Taiwan.
Taiwan’s next presidential election, in which a three-way race is held between the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) candidate Lai Ching-de, the Kuomintang Party candidate Hou Yu-yi, and the People’s Party candidate Ke Wen-je, will be held along with the Legislative Council (National Assembly) election. It is held.
China is watching the results of Taiwan’s presidential election, carrying out a daily campaign of slander against Democratic Progressive Party candidate Lai, who has an ‘independence and pro-US’ tendency.
Since President Tsai Ing-wen of the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party came to power in May 2016, China has severed official relations with Taiwan and has been putting intense military pressure on Taiwan.
jjy@yna.co.kr
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