Taiwan's defense ministry reported Thursday that China's military launched a 24-hour show of force against the island, sending 39 planes and three ships.
The Communist Party's People's Liberation Army has been sending planes or ships toward the island on a nearly daily basis as part of China's increased military harassment of Taiwan, which it claims is its own territory.
According to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense, 30 of the Chinese aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait median between 6 a.m. on Wednesday and 6 a.m. on Thursday, an unofficial line that was formerly implicitly acknowledged by both sides.
Those planes flew to the island’s southwest and then horizontally all the way to the southeastern side before doubling back, according to a diagram of the flight patterns provided by Taiwan. Among the planes were 21 J-16 fighter jets, 4 H-6 bombers, and two early-warning aircraft.
Taiwan said it monitored the Chinese moves through its land-based missile systems, as well as on its own navy vessels.
China’s military held large military exercises in August in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. Beijing views visit from foreign governments to the island as a de facto recognition of the island as independent and a challenge to China’s claim of sovereignty.
The Communist Party's People's Liberation Army has been sending planes or ships toward the island on a nearly daily basis as part of China's increased military harassment of Taiwan, which it claims is its own territory.
According to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense, 30 of the Chinese aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait median between 6 a.m. on Wednesday and 6 a.m. on Thursday, an unofficial line that was formerly implicitly acknowledged by both sides.
Those planes flew to the island’s southwest and then horizontally all the way to the southeastern side before doubling back, according to a diagram of the flight patterns provided by Taiwan. Among the planes were 21 J-16 fighter jets, 4 H-6 bombers, and two early-warning aircraft.
Taiwan said it monitored the Chinese moves through its land-based missile systems, as well as on its own navy vessels.
China’s military held large military exercises in August in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. Beijing views visit from foreign governments to the island as a de facto recognition of the island as independent and a challenge to China’s claim of sovereignty.
