China starts a major naval, aerial drill near Taiwan's ADIZ further inciting tension | Oneindia News

China starts a major naval, aerial drill near Taiwan's ADIZ further inciting tension | Oneindia News

According to Taiwan’s defence ministry, China’s air force and navy are staging a large-scale drill involving fighter jets, bombers and warships off the south and southwest of Taiwan.

Taiwan’s defence ministry said in an early morning statetment today that in the past 24 hours, it had detected 32 Chinese air force planes entering the island’s ADIZ.

The aircraft included four nuclear-capable H-6 bombers, which flew to Taiwan’s south and into the Pacific before heading back to China.

Taiwan sent its own aircraft and ships to monitor the Chinese activities.

Late Tuesday night, the Taiwan’s defence ministry had said that the Chinese air force planes were acting in coordination with Chinese ships to carry out joint training to the south of Taiwan, and that four Chinese warships were engaged in “combat readiness patrols” near the ADIZ or the Air Defence Identification Zone.

The ADIZ is a broader area Taiwan monitors and patrols to give its forces more time to respond to threats.

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