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China Sends 59 Warplanes, Nine Vessels Near Taiwan
(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA))
TOKYO, March 18 (KUNA) -- A total of 59 Chinese military aircraft and nine naval vessels were detected in Taiwan's vicinity over the 24 hours through Tuesday morning, the highest single-day number this year, the Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense said, according to the Taipei-based Central News Agency.
Of those aircraft, more than two dozen crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and the others entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone between 6 a.m. Monday (2200 Sunday GMT) and 6 a.m. Tuesday, the ministry said in a press release.
Two balloons were also detected navigating over waters just north of Taiwan during the period.
In response, the ministry scrambled combat air and sea patrols and deployed defense missile systems to track the Chinese military aircraft. The ministry also showed surveillance photos of Chinese attack drones and various unmanned aerial vehicles that were taken by a Taiwan Air Force F-16V fighter jet and Navy P-3C anti-submarine aircraft.
The relatively large-scale Chinese military mission was detected as Taiwan was beginning a five-day "immediate response" military drill consisting of various aircraft and naval vessels aimed at quickly countering sudden Chinese military actions.
An air defense identification zone, a self-declared area in which a country reserves the right to identify, locate and control approaching foreign aircraft, is not considered territorial airspace under international law. China and Taiwan separated after a civil war in 1949, but Beijing sees the island as its territory. (end)
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Of those aircraft, more than two dozen crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and the others entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone between 6 a.m. Monday (2200 Sunday GMT) and 6 a.m. Tuesday, the ministry said in a press release.
Two balloons were also detected navigating over waters just north of Taiwan during the period.
In response, the ministry scrambled combat air and sea patrols and deployed defense missile systems to track the Chinese military aircraft. The ministry also showed surveillance photos of Chinese attack drones and various unmanned aerial vehicles that were taken by a Taiwan Air Force F-16V fighter jet and Navy P-3C anti-submarine aircraft.
The relatively large-scale Chinese military mission was detected as Taiwan was beginning a five-day "immediate response" military drill consisting of various aircraft and naval vessels aimed at quickly countering sudden Chinese military actions.
An air defense identification zone, a self-declared area in which a country reserves the right to identify, locate and control approaching foreign aircraft, is not considered territorial airspace under international law. China and Taiwan separated after a civil war in 1949, but Beijing sees the island as its territory. (end)
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