Taiwan Defense Ministry photo shows an Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force H-6 bomber intercepted by Taiwanese fighters on Friday. © Ministry of National Defence
Reuters: Taiwan military says it has right to counter attack amid China threats
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Monday its armed forces have the right to self-defence and counter attack amid “harassment and threats”, in an apparent warning to China, which last week sent numerous jets across the mid-line of the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
Tensions have sharply spiked in recent months between Taipei and Beijing, which claims democratically-run Taiwan as its own territory, to be taken by force if needed.
Chinese aircraft crossed the mid-line to enter the island’s air defence identification zone on Friday and Saturday, prompting Taiwan to scramble jets to intercept them, and President Tsai Ing-wen to call China a threat to the region.
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WNU Editor: Does Taiwan have the firepower to stop China? Maybe not .... Taiwan's missile inventory insufficient to counter Chinese attack: MND (Taiwan News), but hey are quickly arming up .... Reports: Taiwan Is Loading Up On Super-Accurate Missiles For Its F-16s (Forbes).
Update: Taiwan has enough missiles to defend itself at present: MND (Focus Taiwan)
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Taiwan’s armed forces have ‘right to counter attack,’ military warns after China’s large-scale drills -- RT
6 comments:
Best thing to do is invade the land and sabotage the capital of china only see the people run like hell
Burn the city to hell with flares smuggle anthrax into country
Make it into cemetery
Wnu, question is not does Taiwan have enough missiles, its is China willing to suffer the enormous casualties to capture Taiwan?.
When the bodybags come home how will the chinese citizenry respond to xi's cost of a small island being added to the sand piles in the South china sea? Not to mention the impact on the chinese economy that depends imports and exports via maritime trade.
I've noted lately that china is stocking up on imported materials at an unusual rate. Taking advantage of low prices or war preparations?
Both.
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