Taiwan Reports 12 Chinese Aircraft and 8 Vessels Near Island, With 7 Crossing Strait Median Line
The latest tally underscores a steady tempo of PLA sorties that Taipei publicly tracks as gray‑zone pressure.
Overview
- Taiwan’s defense ministry said the activity was detected up to 6 a.m. local time on October 1.
- Officials reported 12 PLA aircraft, eight PLAN vessels and three official ships operating around Taiwan.
- Seven of the aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line into the northern, southwestern and southeastern sectors of Taiwan’s ADIZ.
- Taipei said it monitored the movements and responded to them.
- The update follows daily tallies from September 26–29 that showed fluctuating activity and repeated crossings of the informal boundary.