Taiwan detects more than 100 Chinese warplanes in its surroundings in 24 hours

Taiwan asked on Monday China immediately stop its “destructive unilateral actions” after having detected more than one hundred aircraft and nine warships of Beijing on the outskirts of the autonomous island, a record in recent times.

“Between the mornings of September 17th and 18ththe Ministry of National Defense detected a total of 103 Chinese aircraftwhich is a recent record and poses serious challenges to the security of the Strait of Taiwan”the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

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“Continued military harassment can easily lead to a sudden increase in tension and worsen regional security“added the ministry, which demanded Beijing “immediately stop this type of destructive unilateral actions”.

China considers this self-governing island as a own province It awaits reunification with the rest of its territory and, in recent years, diplomatic and military pressure against it has increased.

Of the total number of aircraft detected between Sunday and Monday, 40 crossed the midline of the Strait of Taiwan that separates the island from Mainland China and entered the southeast and southwest parts of its zone of air defense identificationindicated the ministry’s statement.

In addition, they also located the presence of nine ships from Chinese Navy.

On the eve, Taipei had announced the detection of 28 planes in war Chinese near the island, of which 20 crossed the median line of the strait.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Exteriors He did not comment specifically, although his spokesman Mao Ningreaffirmed Beijing’s position that Taiwan this belongs to.

“What I would like to tell you is that Taiwan is part of Chinese territory and that the so-called median line does not exist” he claimed.

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Increase in attacks

Last week, Taipei reported an increase in the number of attacks planes military and ships Chinese.

This increase comes after Beijing said it from them troops were inmaximum alert”after passing through the Strait of Taiwan of two ships belonging United States and Canada.

The Defense Ministry said 68 aircraft and 10 ships were detected around the island between Wednesday and Thursday morning.

Some of these aircraft and vessels war They were heading to an unspecified area of ​​the Western Pacific to “conduct joint maritime and air training” with the Chinese aircraft carrier.”Shandong”, according to this folder.

Shandong is one of two operational aircraft carriers in the Chinese fleet. Last week, it was about 60 nautical miles (110 km) southeast of Taiwan heading to the western Pacific, the authorities of Taipei.

Japan’s Defense Ministry reported last week that it had detected six ships Chinese sailing about 650 kilometers south of the island of Miyakojimaeast of Taiwan.

He also recorded the presence of helicopters and planes which took off and landed on the aircraft carrier.

China has not made official comments on the military exercises in the Pacific western.

According to some analysts, China may be displaying muscles to counteract the influence of U.S in Asia Pacificwhich carried out several military exercises in the region.

In recent months, the U.S. military has conducted exercises with South Korea in the Yellow Sea, others with Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and South Korea in the sea of East China and others with 19 nations in Indonesia.

“Politically, China wants to counter the military capacity of democratic allies led by U.S“, he said Your Tzu-yun, analyst at the Defense and National Security Research Institute of Taiwanto AFP.

In April, Beijing held three days of military exercises that simulated the siege of the island in response to a meeting between the president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, and the president of the United States House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthyin California.

Then the island detected 71 Chinese aircraft in a period of 24 hoursequaling the previous daily record recorded in December 2022.

Source: Elcomercio

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