On April 12, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense revealed that 25 Chinese Communist Air Force military aircraft, including fighter jets and nuclear bombers, had entered Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the largest incursion to date. Photo shows J-16.(Taiwan Ministry of National Defense)
Tensions in the Taiwan Strait are now escalating further, and on April 12, the Chinese Communist Party deployed 25 military aircraft, including fighter jets and nuclear bombers, to disturb Taiwan, the largest scale since this month. Taiwan’s Air Force dispatched air patrol forces to respond, broadcast dispersals, and chase and monitor anti-aircraft missiles.
On the evening of April 12, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) released the latest news of Chinese military aircraft on its official website, revealing that 25 military aircraft were deployed to disturb Taiwan, including two “Yun-8” anti-submarine aircraft, one “Air Marshal-500” early-warning aircraft, and four “Air Marshal-500” early-warning aircraft. 500 early warning aircraft, four J-10 fighters, four Boom-6K bombers, and as many as 14 J-16 fighters. “fighters.
The Taiwan Air Force dispatched air patrol troops to respond, broadcast dispersal, and anti-aircraft missiles to chase and monitor.
According to the Free Times, it is worth noting that this is the record for the most number of sorties by Chinese military aircraft in Taiwan’s peripheral airspace since the Ministry of National Defense set up a special area for “instant military updates” on September 17 last year.
According to the information released by the Taiwan National Army’s “Instant Military Update” area, from April 3 to 12, the daily sorties of Chinese military aircraft invading Taiwan were: 1 on the 3rd; 1 on the 4th; 10 on the 5th; 4 on the 6th; 15 on the 7th; 2 on the 8th; 11 on the 9th; 4 on the 10th; 1 on the 11th; and 25 on the 12th.
In addition, on March 26, the day the U.S. and Taiwan signed the “Memorandum of Understanding on the Establishment of the Maritime Patrol Working Group,” China deployed a total of 20 military aircraft to disturb Taiwan, including 2 T-8 anti-submarine aircraft, 1 Air Marshal-500, 4 Boom-6K, 10 J-16, 2 J-10, and 1 T-8 technical reconnaissance aircraft. Among them, Boom-6K and Yun-8 ASW aircraft also entered Taiwan’s southeastern airspace at one point.
On March 29, the same 10 Chinese Communist military aircraft entered Taiwan’s southwest airspace, respectively, one Air Marshal-500, one Transport-8, four J-16, and four J-10, the same number and type of Chinese military aircraft that disturbed Taiwan on April 5.
In an interview with NBC on April 11, U.S. Secretary of State John Blinken expressed concern about Beijing’s increasingly aggressive behavior of aggressive actions.
He said the U.S. has a long-term commitment to Taiwan based on the Taiwan Relations Act, which has been in place for years, to ensure that Taiwan can defend itself and that there is lasting peace in the Western Pacific. He warned, “It would be a grave mistake for anyone to try to change the status quo by force.”
Asked by reporters whether the U.S. would respond with military action if Beijing took further action against Taiwan, Blinken declined to respond to the hypothetical question.
Multiple Japanese government sources previously revealed that in the first face-to-face meeting between the U.S. and Japanese defense chiefs since the Biden administration took office, the U.S. and Japan expressed mutual concern about possible unexpected developments in the tense Taiwan Strait and confirmed that they would work closely together in the event of an unexpected development in Taiwan.
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