They did not clarify if the incursions were ongoing.Īnalysts say China's increased probing of Taiwan's defence zone is part of wider "grey-zone" tactics that keep the island pressured. Taiwan's military is "monitoring the situation closely", the ministry said on Twitter, adding that patrol planes, naval vessels and land-based missile systems have been dispatched in response. Taiwan's ADIZ is much larger than its airspace, overlaps with part of China's ADIZ and even includes some of the mainland. While not the largest number of incursions this year - that would be 45 sorties on April 9 - Thursday's surge occurred over a much more compressed time frame. Taipei, Taiwan: More than 30 Chinese warplanes entered Taiwans air defence zone over the course of about six hours, the islands defence ministry said Thursday, a sharp ramp-up in single-day. towards the Western Pacific for long-range reconnaissance training," Sun said at around 11 am. Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence spokesman Sun Li-fang announced Thursday that from 5 am local time (2100 GMT), "a total of 37 Chinese military aircrafts" entered Taiwan's southwestern ADIZ.
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