Taiwan’s Defence ministry detects 9 Chinese military aircraft

Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense(MND) has reported tacking nine Chinese military aircraft and five naval vessels around the nation.

As per the MND ‘among the nine People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, four breached the the median line of the Taiwan strait, entering the southwest and northern corner of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), as per the MND’

According to Focus Taiwan, Taiwan dispatched aircraft and naval ships and deployed air defense missile systems to closely monitor the PLA’s activities.

China has increased its use of gray zone tactics by incrementally increasing the number of military aircraft and naval ships operating around Taiwan since September 2020.


According to Taiwan’s MND, the 14 People’s liberation Army(PLA) aircraft, none of them crossed the Taiwan Strait median line or entered the southwest corner of the country’s air defense identification zone(ADIZ)