Taiwan Reports 4 Chinese Aircraft and 7 Vessels Near Island, One Crossing Median Line
Taipei calls the operations routine pressure it tracks in real time.
Overview
- Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said that by 6 a.m. local time Sunday it detected 4 PLA aircraft, 6 PLAN ships and 1 official ship operating around the island.
- One of the four aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait’s median line into the northern section of Taiwan’s ADIZ, the ministry reported.
- The ministry said it monitored the situation and carried out response measures.
- On Saturday, the ministry logged 3 PLA sorties and 6 PLAN vessels, including a crossing into the southwestern ADIZ.
- Officials present these detections as part of sustained PLA activity that Taiwan publicly tracks and counters.