The drones are escalating the tense situation between the two sides, which has reached new heights during the past month. Photo released by China’s Ministry of Defence of the TB-001 drone in flight Regular Drone Incursions Like many other nations, the US does not recognize Taiwan as an independent country but is opposed to any move to annex the island forcibly. outlined the Taiwan Strait’s median line, after which Washington pressured both sides to reach an unspoken agreement not to cross it.īeijing regards the island as a part of its territory and has declared using force to annex it under the one-China policy.
In 1955, a senior US air force commander named Benjamin Davis Jr. The Taiwan Strait divides Taiwan from mainland China and links the East and South China seas. The Taiwanese soldiers with an anti-drone gun – Taiwan’s Defense Ministry These strategies have included everything from regular fighter aircraft flights over the Taiwan Strait’s median line to cyberattacks on institutions, like Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Chinese drones began buzzing the islands after Beijing performed its extensive military drills against Taiwan in reaction to Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit in early August.Įxperts believe the drone flights are the latest example of China’s “gray zone” strategies, which have been utilized in recent years to intimidate and unnerve Taiwan into submission while avoiding going to war. Chang Jung-Shun of the Kinmen Defense Command. The Taiwanese military installed drone jammers following the incident to disrupt signals of incoming drones in the Kinmen and Matsu Islands, said Maj. Flight paths of Chinese UAVs were spotted inside Taiwan’s ADIZ on September 11, 2022. It was near Shiyu, a small island governed by Taiwan only a few miles from the Chinese mainland. The latest drone sorties came after the Taiwan Military had shot down a civilian drone flying over one of the nation’s restricted islands as a warning. The military also revealed the model and the drone’s flight path for the first time, claiming that another PLA drone, identified as a BZK-007, had infiltrated Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone on September 5.
國防部 Ministry of National Defense, R.O.C. 25 of the detected aircraft (TB-001, SU-30*12, J-10*2, J-16*4, JH-7*4, J-11 and Y-9 CC) had flown on the east part of the median line of the Taiwan Strait and our SW ADIZ, flight paths as illustrated.Ģ5 of the detected aircraft (TB-001, SU-30*12, J-10*2, J-16*4, JH-7*4, J-11 and Y-9 CC) had flown on the east part of the median line of the Taiwan Strait and our SW ADIZ, flight paths as illustrated. On September 8, Taiwan’s defense ministry said that 45 PLA aircraft flew around Taiwan. In the last few weeks, Beijing has increased drone incursions into Taiwan’s airspace, flying combat, and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) daily. Russian Su-25 Fighter Pilot Masterfully Dodges Two Anti-Aircraft Missiles Fired By Ukrainian Armed Forces - Watch Harpoon Horror! US ‘Confirms’ Russian Vessel That Was Sunk By Ukraine In June Was Fired From Flatbed Truck For the first time, Taiwan’s military has confirmed that the People’s Liberation Army recently flew drones across the median line of the Taiwan strait, the de facto border between Taiwan and mainland China.
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