unprecedented. The 72-hour military exercise around the island ended yesterday (7). According to military sources, the CCP took advantage of the military exercise to cross the middle line of the strait and enter the waters adjacent to our 24-mile territorial waters. Entering the 12-mile territorial sea line, our navy has sent ships to suppress it. The two sides of the strait are separated by more than 70 years. This is the first time that a joint ship has entered our 24-mile sea area.
The People’s Liberation Army has been conducting high-intensity military exercises around the Taiwan Strait since the followingnoon of the 4th and ended yesterday followingnoon. According to the Ministry of National Defense, 11 Dongfeng series missiles were launched on the first day. On the 5th, a total of 13 ships participated in the military exercise. On the 6th and 7th, 14 ships were sent. We also sent 14 main ships. A full monitoring.
Warships of both sides show restraint in close navigation
Archyde.com reported that the communist army and our side sailed close to each other, and the confrontation between the two armies was like a game of “cat and mouse”: “One side tries to cross the border, and the other side steps forward to block it, forcing the enemy into a disadvantage and having to retreat to the other side. “It can be seen that both sides are trying their best to show restraint.
Military officials said that some of the co-ships had crossed the center line of the strait, and some of them went further “sometimes to 24 nautical miles”, “but our army will suppress it.” It is pointed out that no common ships have entered our 12-mile territorial waters.
Military officials said that according to the international law of the sea, the sea area within 12 nautical miles is territorial sea, and ships can pass through harmlessly. “Especially some specific actions are not allowed.”
According to reports, because I adopted the guidance of “not escalating conflict”, the CCP’s warships deliberately stepped up, one broke the record of decades, and the other also tested my response. In addition, there are means that cannot see the outside world, such as electronic warfare, etc., the two sides are spy to spy.
Our ships are relatively old and still stick to the bottom line
However, our main warships are older than the common warships, all of which are more than 20 years old. Even so, our warships have not flinched, and they have all taken the initiative to hold their positions and defend the bottom line of 24 nautical miles.
In 2018, the common warships began regular patrols in the Taiwan Strait. Apart from the cross-strait military confrontation, it was also related to the U.S. warships’ beginning to cross the Taiwan Strait in 2018.All ships are in the middle of the strait
Sailing to the west, our warships are monitoring the east of the center line.
According to military sources, when U.S. ships pass through the Taiwan Strait, the co-ships are guards. sailing.
The Ministry of National Defense stated that from noon on the 4th to 5 p.m. yesterday, a total of 66 sorties were detected, of which 22 crossed the central line of the strait and its extension into the southwest airspace, a total of 14 ships, and drones continued in the Taiwan Strait. Surrounding activities, joint sea and air exercises are carried out to simulate attacks on Taiwan’s main island and our ships at sea.
Cross-strait centerline drills will be normalized
The People’s Daily client and the PLA Eastern Theater both released a video on the 7th reviewing the four-day military exercise, while the PLA Southern Theater released a video of a live air-to-air missile training in an airspace recently, using various propaganda for military deterrence.
Mainland official media summarized the ten major breakthroughs in this military exercise, and predicted that the exercise will be normalized to the east of the central line of the strait. The WeChat public account “Yuyuan Tan Tian” pointed out that the 10 breakthroughs include being close to Taiwan’s coastline, overlooking Taiwan’s coastline and the central mountain range, the first conventional missile to cross Taiwan Island, the J-20 participating in military exercises once morest Taiwan, and completely breaking the “strait center line” narrative. With the fantasy, the closest exercise to Taiwan, refusing to interfere with external forces, setting up an actual shooting range in eastern Taiwan for the first time and closing the back road, organizing the first aircraft carrier formation deterrence exercise, and the whole army attacking.
The article also stated that this exercise shows that there is no “Taiwan territorial waters”, and also pierces the so-called “airspace” of Taiwan; the military exercise in the southeast of Pingtan is equivalent to controlling the Taiwan Strait. The PLA warships have the opportunity to regularly conduct training in the east of the so-called center line of the strait.”
