China sends 30 planes into Taiwan air defence zone
Taiwan’s defence ministry said that 30 Chinese military aircraft, two-thirds of them fighter jets, entered the southwestern part of its air defence identification zone (ADIZ) on Monday and that it had scrambled its own air force and deployed air defence missile systems in response.
The incursion was the biggest since January when Beijing sent 39 aircraft into the ADIZ. Earlier this month, it sent 18 warplanes into the area.
Beijing claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own and has not ruled out the use of force to take control of the island.
In recent months, the US has accused China of ratcheting up tensions across the Taiwan Strait, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken singling out aircraft incursions as an example of “increasingly provocative rhetoric and activity”.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-sends-30-planes-into-taiwan-air-defence-zone/ar-AAXUqYi
= new reply since forum marked as read
