Chinese PLA has sent 33 aircraft around the country. 13 have crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait within 24 hours – Ministry of National Defense of ROC
Taiwan responded by sending planes and navy ships, as well as deploying air defence missile systems, to track the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) actions.
According to Taiwan News, the country’s defence ministry reported that 13 Chinese aircraft breached the southern and northern air defence identification zones (ADIZ).
The military “monitored the situation and tasked appropriate forces to respond.”It also sent combat patrol planes, sent out navy ships, and deployed land-based air defence missile systems.
According to media reports, the pressure from Beijing has mounted on Taiwan at a time when US national security advisor Jake Sullivan and Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi were set to meet in Bangkok.
Since September 2020, Beijing has increasingly used “grey zone tactics” such as deploying military aircraft and naval vessels across the middle line and into Taiwan’s ADIZ.
According to CSIS, gray zone tactics are “an effort or series of efforts beyond steady-state deterrence and assurance that attempts to achieve one’s security objectives without resorting to direct and sizable use of force,” Taiwan News reported.
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