China sent 38 warplanes into the skies around Taiwan on Friday, the highest number of Chinese military aircraft to breach the island's ADIZ in a single day since Taipei began publicly reporting such activities last year, Tawain's Defense Ministry said.
The People's Liberation Army Air Force aircraft came in two waves, the Defense Ministry said.Twenty-five PLA warplanes entered the southwestern corner of the ADIZ during daylight hours, and another 13 planes entered the island's southwest ADIZ on Friday night, the ministry said in a statement. 25 PLA aircraft entered #Taiwan's southwest ADIZ on October 1, 2021. Please check our official website for more information: https://t.co/C7012S8hSo pic.twitter.
— 國防部 Ministry of National Defense, R.O.C. 🇹🇼 October 1, 2021 While the Chinese planes in the afternoon sortie stayed in the extreme southwestern part of the ADIZ, the planes involved in the evening flight flew through the defense zone and hooked up toward the northeast before reversing course and returning to the Chinese mainliand, the Defense Ministry said.
— 國防部 Ministry of National Defense, R.O.C. 🇹🇼 October 1, 2021 The later flight included 10 J-16s, two H-6s and one KJ-500 airborne early warning aircraft, it added.The incursions did not violate Taiwan's sovereign airspace, which extends 12 nautical miles from its coast.
CNN traces Taiwan's military past as Beijing warns island to 'prepare for war' 04:18"PLAAF sorties are pretty routine at this point, but stepping up bomber flights on a major PRC holiday underscores that this is political warfare and part of a massive coercion campaign," Thompson told CNN.Chinese President Xi Jinping has refused to rule out military force to capture Taiwan if necessary.
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