On Thursday Taiwan said that it spotted 33 Chinese Air Force aircraft and six Naval warships near the island according to reports this is the second such incursion in less than 24 hours and the third overall in a week Taiwan which China claims as its territory has repeatedly complained ofChinese military activity near it over the past three years as Beijing stepped up pressure to try to force the island to accept its
sovereignty taking to social media platform X taiwan's defense Ministry said that the airplanes and naval ships were detected at around 6 a.m local time the ministry said that of those aircraft 10 had either crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait which previously served as an unofficial barrier between the two sides or enter the southwestern part of taiwan's air defense identification zone or adizen the ministry said the
Taiwanese armed forces have monitored the situation and tasked its aircraft Naval vessels and land-based missile systems to respond to these activities this is the second incursion of Chinese warplanes and warships near the island in less than 24 hours on Wednesday the defense Ministry said the 10 Chinese Air Force aircraft entered the Island's Air Defense Zone accompanying five Chinese warships engaged in
combat readiness petrols the ministry said that starting around 9 A.M local time it detected a total of 25 Chinese aircraft engaging in operation South at Sea including J10 and g16 Fighters as well as 86 bombers on Sunday that is August 6th Taiwan reported a similar level of activity by Chinese warplanes and warships near the island China staged war games around Taiwan in April after president Sai ingwen
returned home from a visit to the U.S where she met house Speaker Kevin McCarthy taiwan's democratically elected government rejects China's sovereignty claim and says that only the Island's people can decide their future.
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