Taiwan on Friday said that it tracked 14 Chinese military aircraft and 8 naval vessels operating around the nation. It was between 6 am on Thursday to 6 am on Friday.
According to the Taiwan Ministry of National Defence, 9 of the aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait.
The aircraft also entered Taiwan’s SW Air Defence Identification Zone.
In response, the Armed Forces have monitored the situation and employed appropriate forces to respond.
Taking to X, the Taiwan Ministry of National Defence said, “14 PLA aircraft and 8 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. today. 9 of the aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan’s SW ADIZ. #ROCArmedForces have monitored the situation and employed appropriate forces to respond.”
Earlier on 11 April, Taiwan detected 14 Chinese military aircraft and 6 naval vessels operating around the nation. It was between 6 am on Wednesday to 6 am on Thursday.
According to the Taiwan Ministry of National Defence, among the 14 Chinese aircraft, 2 crossed the Taiwan Strait median line.
4 aircrafts were tracked in the southwest and southeast corners of Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone.
In response, Taiwan deployed aircraft, naval ships and air defence missile systems to keep track of the Chinese PLA activity.
Taking to X, the Taiwan Ministry of National Defence said, “14 PLA aircraft and 6 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. today. 6 of the aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan’s SW and eastern ADIZ. #ROCArmedForces have monitored the situation and employed appropriate forces to respond.”
Since September 2020, China has increased its use of gray zone tactics. This includes incrementally increasing the number of military aircraft and naval ships operating around Taiwan.
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