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PLA plane harassment more political than military: Taiwan analysts

PLA plane harassment more political than military: Taiwan analysts 04/05/2021 08:54 PM A Chinese military Y-8 aircraft. CNA file photo courtesy of the Ministry of National Defense Taipei, April 5 (CNA) Recent flights by Chinese military aircraft in sensitive airspace around Taiwan in late March, seen as a dramatic escalation of tension across the Taiwan Strait, was more politically than militarily motivated, analysts in Taiwan told CNA on Monday. According to information provided by Taiwan s Ministry of National Defense, 20 military planes from China s People s Liberation Army (PLA) entered Taiwan s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on March 26. Among the warplanes on the mission, two Y-8 anti-submarine warfare planes and an H-6K bomber flew into airspace southeast of Taiwan, the side of Taiwan that faces away from China.

Taiwan to Buy New US Air Defense Missiles - News From Antiwar com

News From Antiwar.com Taiwan to Buy New US Air Defense Missiles The Lockheed Martin-made missiles will be delivered in 2025 In comments to Reuters, Taiwan’s Air Force said it plans to buy Patriot Advanced Capability‑3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles, which will be delivered in 2025 and deployed the following year. The Air Force did not specify the number of missiles Taiwan was purchasing. A Taiwan Air Force spokesman said the purchase was made based on the “threat from the enemy,” referring to mainland China, and said the missiles would “boost defense capacity.” Last September, Taiwan started reported incursions of Chinese warplanes into its air defense identification zone (ADIZ). While it makes for an alarming headline, these flights usually pass through the southwest corner of the ADIZ and could be aircraft transiting to or from exercises in the South China Sea.

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