Near Taiwan, 42 fighter jets and 8 Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) warships were found. This is according to a message posted on the Taiwan Ministry of Defense’s Twitter account.
The military department said that fighters of the J-10, J-11 and J-16 types and PRC ships were sighted near the island in the air defense system identification zone. At the same time, it is noted that 29 aircraft crossed the “median line” – the actual border in the Taiwan Strait.
Recall that today the Chinese army began a three-day exercise near the island as a “warning to separatist forces”, which is held in the context of a trip by the chief of staff Taiwanese, Tsai Ing-wen, who traveled to the United States. in transit. She met with Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy.
Earlier, Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense reported that over the past day, thirteen Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft and three ships crossed the so-called “median line” of the Strait of China. Taiwan.
Eight Chinese ships and 42 warplanes cross the “middle line” of the Taiwan Strait
