english.president.gov.tw | Office of the President, Republic of China/ CC-BY-2.0A U.S. P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft flew over the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said on Monday.On the passage of an American plane from north to south, the department spoke on Monday, February 27. The P-8A Poseidon maneuvered at 3:50 p.m. local time.”Taiwanese military was monitoring the situation in the sea and airspace around the island, the situation was normal,” the ministry said. Earlier it became known that the United States plans to quadruple its military presence in Taiwan. The Pentagon wants to deploy more military personnel to train local forces to counter the “Chinese threat”.

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