Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said it spotted 10 strikes by Chinese military aircraft and six navy ships around Taiwan’s waters early Monday morning. Seven of those flights crossed the median line into the northern Taiwan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), the ministry posted on the social‑media platform X.
The same number of aircraft and ships were noted on Sunday, with nine flights recorded that day, two of them entering the northern ADIZ. In both cases Taipei’s armed forces tracked the activity and responded accordingly.
The uptick in flights and ship movements follows warnings from Taiwan security experts. A study by the Institute for National Defence and Security Research points out that China’s new weapons are aimed at undermining Taiwan’s long‑standing asymmetric warfare strategy—low‑cost but highly effective tools that Taiwan has relied on to deter a larger invasion from Beijing.
Tensions between Taiwan and China have been high for decades. While Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), operates as an independent democracy with its own government and economy, China still claims the island under the One China principle, arguing that it is part of the same country with its capital in Beijing. The dispute began when the ROC government retreated to Taiwan after losing the Chinese Civil War in 1949.
As drones and ships continue to patrol the waters near Taiwan, the island’s leadership remains on alert. The Defence Ministry’s daily updates provide a clear picture of the daily buildup and the frontline’s readiness to respond to any escalation.
Source: aninews
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