Taiwan identifies 23 Chinese military aircraft and 5 naval vessels surrounding its territory

Taiwan identifies 23 Chinese military aircraft and 5 naval vessels surrounding its territory

Taiwan identifies 23 Chinese military aircraft and 5 naval vessels surrounding its territory

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) said on Thursday that it tracked 23 Chinese military aircraft and five naval ships around Taiwan between 6 a.m. Wednesday and 6 a.m. Thursday, Taiwan News reported.

In an official post on Eight of the aircraft crossed the center line and entered Taiwan’s southwestern and eastern ADIZ. #ROCArmedForces have been monitoring the situation and responding accordingly.

According to Taiwan News, eight of the 23 aircraft of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) crossed the center line of the Taiwan Strait. In response, Taiwan sent aircraft and naval vessels and deployed coastal-based missile systems to monitor PLA activity. On May 8, Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense said it had discovered 16 Chinese military aircraft and 6 naval ships surrounding it.

In a post on Eight of the aircraft entered Taiwan’s southwestern and eastern ADIZ. #ROCArmedForces has been monitoring the situation and responding accordingly.” The MND has been issuing daily reports on Chinese military activities in recent years, including identifying the Chinese aircraft, drones and balloons that have crossed the center line of the Taiwan Strait to Taiwan’s border. Taiwanese side.

The center line of the Taiwan Strait served as a tacit border between China and Taiwan for decades, but the Chinese military has more freely sent planes, warships and drones across it since former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in August 2022.

So far this month, Taiwan has tracked Chinese military aircraft 98 times and naval ships 41 times. Since September 2020, China has increased its use of gray zone tactics by gradually increasing the number of military aircraft and naval vessels operating around Taiwan.

Gray zone tactics are defined as “an effort or set of efforts that goes beyond stable deterrence and assurance and that seeks to achieve one’s security objectives without resorting to direct and extensive use of force.”

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