Chinese electronic intelligence plane enters Taiwan’s ADIZhttps://t.co/FCvFoLNN4R pic.twitter.com/jl5uPc36NY
— Taiwan News (@TaiwanNews886) August 12, 2021
Newsweek: China Warplane Fleet Enters Taiwan's Air Defense Zone After Two-Month Lull
A fleet of fast-moving warplanes from China buzzed Taiwan's air force radars on Thursday—the first fighter jet intrusions near the island for two months.
The frequency of Beijing's flights near its democratic neighbor has declined since spring, when Taiwan's Defense Ministry logged record-breaking figures.
The highest monthly tally was in April, when 107 People's Liberation Army warplanes, including nuclear-capable heavy bombers, flew into Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ).
In July, the Chinese military flew only 17 sorties near Taiwan, none involving fast-moving fighter aircraft.
Taiwan's Republic of China Air Force issued radio warnings to approaching PLA warplanes beginning at 7:47 a.m. local time on Thursday, according to air traffic monitors.
Its Ministry of National Defense said it had detected four J-16 strike fighters and three slow-moving support aircraft throughout the day.
Still, it marked only the third day of PLA incursions in August, thanks to typhoons and tropical storms.
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Update: Taiwan Scrambles Fighter Jets After Six Chinese Warplanes Enter Its Air Defense Identification Zone (Zero Hedge)
WNU Editor: Chinese state media has issued a warning that if the US continues to develop closer ties with Taiwan, Chinese fighters will start flying over Taiwan .... US, Taiwan crossing the red line will create historic opportunity for PLA fighter jets to fly over island (Global Times editorial).
4 comments:
Somehow this doesn't seem to carry as much weight as a threat compared to two months ago.
Agreed. Hard to believe this is the same outfit of awhile back.
So, let's get this straight. China intends to develop closer ties with the Afghani Taliban, as brutal a regime as any in the world, but warns the US against developing closer ties with Taiwan? F**k you, China.
I haven't seen any reports on what Taiwan is doing in response the Chinese provocations. But if I were them, I'd be sending my submarines, floating my Navy, tuning my missile batteries and lifting round-the-clock flights of 12-ship F-16 patrols inside the ADIZ. In other words making a big hornets nest
It is very possible that China could find itself in a conflict in the Taiwan Strait and an unexpected one maybe somewhere else.
A full scale modern war. A thing that Chinese doctrine has never considered and something they have never ever done successfully.
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