The Ministry of National Defense (MON) tracked four Chinese military aircraft and three navy ships around Taiwan from 6 am on Sunday, February 26 to 6 am on Monday, February 27. It has been reported Taiwan News Based on the army’s statement.
In response, Taiwan sent planes, ships and alerted land-based missiles, according to the publication.
It was noted that during this time, not a single PLA aircraft crossed the midline of the Taiwan Strait and entered the southwest corner of the Taiwan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).
In total, in February, Beijing sent 311 military aircraft and 109 navy ships to Taiwan. Since September 2020, China has expanded the use of gray zone tactics by regularly sending aircraft to Taiwan’s air defense.
Previously reportedThe Marine Aviation Regiment of the Chinese National Liberation Army (PLA) conducted a submarine search exercise.
The purpose of the exercises was to improve the skills and combat capabilities of the troops.
The number of aircraft participating in the maneuvers was not disclosed, but several Shaanxi Y-8GX-6 aircraft created on the basis of the Soviet An-12 can be seen in the images released by Zhemin Ribao.