Taiwan urges China to end its “ destructive unilateral actions “, after detecting more than a hundred Chinese planes and nine warships around the island in the space of 24 hours.
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The Ministry of Defense counted the activity of a total of 103 planes and 9 warships in the last 24 hours around the island, our correspondent in Taiwan reports, Valentin Floquet. Among the military aircraft detected, forty crossed the median line or moved into the Taiwanese air defense identification zone (Azid).
“ Continued military harassment ” from China “ can easily lead to soaring tensions and deteriorate security in the region “, warned the ministry, calling on Beijing to “ immediately stop these destructive unilateral actions “.
Since the start of daily recording of military activities by the Taiwanese defense in 2019, never before have so many planes flown in the region. However, these are not the only significant movements that have taken place recently. While in recent months the daily presence has averaged around ten aircraft, on Thursday September 14, the Taiwanese defense had already listed 68 aircraft and 10 ships.
According to Taiwanese military analysts, while the last activity of such magnitude had been a political response to a Taiwanese diplomatic activity with 91 planes on April 10, this time the activity would be linked to annual exercises. Without a correlation being confirmed by experts, it is interesting to remember that the national holiday is in preparation on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, October 1 for China and October 10 for Taiwan.
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