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2021/03/08 16:50 Huian Air Base after expansion (left), before expansion (right). (Google Earth images) Huian Air Base after expansion (left), before expansion (right). (Google Earth images) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Amid dramatically more frequent incursions by Chinese military planes into Taiwan s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), China appears to be expanding its two airbases closest to Taiwan. Google Earth images of the two closest People s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) bases in Fujian Province show evidence of massive expansions. The bases in question, Longtian Airbase and Huian Airbase, sit 170 kilometers and 190 km away, respectively, enabling Chinese aircraft to reach Taipei within seven minutes.
Biden Must Work to Enhance Taiwan’s Air and Sea Denial Capabilities
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Under the Trump administration, the United States worked to enhance Taiwan’s ability to deny China access to the seas off its coast and its airspace. President Joe Biden should continue helping Taiwan modernize its military because it’s strategically significant.
If China controlled Taiwan, Beijing would control what came in and out of the South China Sea, establishing a stranglehold over trillions of dollars worth of shipping. It also would mark the end of the last democratically elected government on Chinese soil.
People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) bombers and fighters have made countless encroachments of the island’s airspace in the past few months, crossing over the median line in the middle of the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense reports almost daily incursions on its official Twitter feed. This keeps the Taiwanese psychologically on edge, not knowing the differe
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