Bisnis.comJAKARTA – Ministry of Defense Taiwan said he saw 28 Air Force planes China in its air defense zone on Wednesday (9/13/2023) morning and called it “routine harassment” by Beijing amid growing tensions across the strait.
Taiwan, a democratically governed country, has complained in recent years about increased Chinese military activity near the island, as Beijing seeks to assert its sovereignty claims, according to Reuters.
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said that starting at 6 a.m. (2200 GMT Tuesday), Chinese military aircraft, including J-10 fighters, flew over the southwest corner of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone. ‘island.
Several Chinese aircraft crossed the Bashi Strait to conduct exercises with the Chinese aircraft carrier Shandong in the Pacific.
Taiwanese forces are monitoring the situation, including sending their own planes and activating air defense systems.
A Chinese naval formation led by Shandong has entered the Western Pacific for training, Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense announced Monday (9/11/2023).
Separately, more than 20 Chinese warships, including a Type 055 destroyer, passed through the Bashi Channel and Miyako Strait towards the Pacific on Wednesday (13/8/2023), a senior official familiar with the matter told Reuters with security planning in the region.
Chinese naval maneuvers, as well as exercises carried out by carrier strike groups, constitute a “real challenge” for military activities. the united states of america and its allies in the region recently, the sources said.
“They want to show that they have complete control over the western part of the first island chain,” the person said, referring to the area stretching from Japan to Taiwan, the Philippines and Kalimantan, which includes the coastal seas of China.
A US and Canadian warship crossed the Taiwan Strait on Saturday (9/9/2023), the US Navy announced, marking the second joint mission since June and coinciding with the participation of the leaders of the two countries at the G20 summit in India.
The two countries’ navies also conducted a series of exercises in the South China Sea this week, according to the U.S. Navy.
Beijing has stepped up its military operations around Taiwan in recent years in response to what it calls “collusion” between Taiwanese independence forces and the United States. (Nizar Fachri Rabbani)
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