2023-08-19 06:48:44
Taiwan has detected 42 Chinese military aircraft incursions into its air defense zone. China speaks of “serious warning” following the stopover in the United States of the vice-president of the island, William Lai.
Taiwan said on Saturday that it had detected 42 incursions by Chinese military aircraft into its air defense zone since China announced the launch of military exercises.
The island’s defense ministry said in a statement that it had “successively detected 42 ‘incursions’ since 0900 (0100 GMT)” on Saturday. Among these forays, 26 warplanes crossed the middle line of the Taiwan Strait, the ministry said.
According to this same document, eight chinese ships also took part in the maneuvers, which Beijing said was intended to simulate “real combat conditions”. The Taiwanese ministry said that “the national army is monitoring and using reconnaissance methods to strictly control” the situation, adding that it has sent planes and ships.
“Caution”
China announced earlier on Saturday that it had launched “joint air and sea patrols and naval and air force military exercises around the island of Taiwan”, according to the official Xinhua News Agency. , citing an army spokesman.
These drills took place following the Taiwanese Vice President, William Lai, stopped in New York, then in San Francisco, before and following a trip to Paraguay. According to state media in the former Middle Kingdom, China launched Saturday’s military maneuvers as a “stern warning” to Taiwan.
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