The Chinese Communist Air Force has frequently sent military aircraft to infest Taiwan in the past 2 years, which has triggered military tensions between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. The picture shows a Chinese Communist Party Boom-6 bomber. (Courtesy of the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China)
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the Chinese Communist Party sent two military planes to intrude into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone; on the third day of the Lunar New Year, Chinese military planes intruded into the same area again. The successive provocative actions of the Chinese Communist Party in the Indo-Pacific region have aroused the concern of the U.S. and other Western countries and triggered a strong response.
On February 13 (the second day of the Lunar New Year), two Chinese military planes intruded into Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone (ADIZ), which were a Yun-8 anti-submarine aircraft and a Yun-8 technical reconnaissance aircraft.
The Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China informed that the national army dispatched air patrol troops to respond, broadcast repulsion, and air defense missiles to chase and monitor.
On February 14, a Communist Party of China transport-8 anti-submarine aircraft again intruded into Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone, and was again driven away and monitored by the Republic of China Air Force.
According to the “Southwest Taiwan Airspace” Facebook fan page, the Chinese military aircraft entered the southwest Taiwan airspace at 11:46 a.m. on February 14 at an altitude of 2,100 meters, but was monitored by the Taiwan Air Force and driven away by radio.
According to the report, Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan’s airspace for 11 days in February, and a total of 20 times were broadcasted in February.
The Chinese Communist Party’s successive disturbances of Taiwan have sparked strong international concern.
The Institute for Foreign Relations (CFR), a U.S. think tank, released a report on Feb. 11 urging Washington to affirm that it will not attempt to change Taiwan’s status and to work with Japan and other allies to counter the aggressive actions of the Chinese Communist Party and assist Taiwan in defending itself and maintaining peace in the Taiwan Strait with realistic strategic goals.
The report said that Taiwan is gradually becoming the most dangerous potential trigger for war in the world, and that the United States, the Chinese Communist Party and other major powers could be involved in the event of war in the Taiwan Strait.
After U.S. President Joe Biden took office on Jan. 20, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has intensified its military intimidation of Taiwan, with CPC military aircraft intruding into Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone almost daily. Moreover, the CCP sent 13 warplanes on January 23 and another 15 warplanes on January 24 to intrude into Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone, the largest scale of Chinese military aircraft to disturb Taiwan.
On January 23, the U.S. Department of State took a stand against the disturbance of Taiwan by Chinese military aircraft and demanded that the Chinese government cease military, diplomatic and economic pressure on Taiwan and engage in meaningful dialogue with Taiwan’s elected representatives.
At the same Time, since the end of January, the Chinese Communist Party’s military has intensively drilled in the four major waters of the South China Sea, the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, and on February 6 and 7, Chinese maritime police vessels sailed into the waters near the Diaoyu Islands (called Senkaku Islands by Japan), where there is a territorial dispute with Japan.
All the actions of the Chinese Communist Party have increased the tension in the Indo-Pacific region. Faced with the provocative behavior of the Chinese Communist Party, the U.S. and other Western countries have responded forcefully.
The USS John S. McCain crossed the Taiwan Strait on Feb. 4 and entered the territorial waters of Xisha in the South China Sea on Feb. 5.
Beginning Feb. 9, the USS Roosevelt and USS Nimitz carrier strike groups conducted multiple exercises in the South China Sea to improve synergy between Navy resources and command and control capabilities to maintain security and protect allies in the Indo-Pacific region. The group’s allies in the region.
On Feb. 8, the French nuclear-powered submarine SNA Emeraude, accompanied by the support ship BSAM Seine, crossed the South China Sea.
Meanwhile, the British carrier strike group HMS Queen Elizabeth is also expected to deploy to the Indo-Pacific.
In addition, the U.S., Japan, India and Australia are getting closer to each other in the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (also known as the Quadrilateral Alliance), and have agreed to work together to counter China’s maritime expansion as early as last year.
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