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Nuclear-capable bomber. in response, taiwan says it deployed air defense missile systems to monitor the situation. beijing's show of force comes one day after the u.s. and japan conducted naval drills east of taiwan. cnn's paula hancocks has been monitoring the situation from seoul, south korea. she joins us now live. good to see you. what more are you learning about china's latest incursion and how taiwan is reacting? >> well, rosemary, this has been happening frequently over recent years. the beijing has sent aircraft usually fighter jets into the air defense identification zone near taiwan....

Saturday? is that what this is about? >> reporter: laura, that is certainly the assumption. there is rarely a coincidence in this aerial incursions by beijing. they have done frequent flights in the air defense zone in taiwan. this was the biggest so far this year. among them there were 34 fighter jets and a nuclear capable bomber. taiwan did what it often has to do in these cases and it had to scramble. it issued verbal warnings, radio warnings. it activated the missile defense system. it really criticizes china for what it calls carrying out these gray zone tactics to try and put the pressur...

Expecting here in the coming hours. something that a lot of people on island of taiwan never thought they'd see, to have missiles rolling through the streets of taipei in front of the presidential palace. this national day parade normally peaceful is strike militaristic tone this year. you talked about the chinese warplanes. not taiwanese airspace, but this buffer zone. when planes enter it the military scrambles its own fighter jets. they deploy anti-missile defense systems and issue radio warnings like this. >> reporter: taiwan is bolstering its defenses. they bought $5 billion in weapons fr...

The people's republic of china. the analysts and experts we've been talking to say that china is basically trying to send a message to a number of different audiences, some of them domestic, by flying these planes. it's a show of military strength on this patriotic holiday. worth noting that on monday alone, they flew some 56 planes close to and into china's air defense identification zone. but that number tapered off on tuesday to just one plane. so it's a show of strength at home, analyst s say. it's a way for china to move large aircraft into the skies at the same time. and it's also sendin...

Planes that came in from friday to sunday, 93 in total. the u.s. state department putting out a strong statement saying the united states is very concerned by the people's republic of china with the provocative activity with the destable risks, undermines peace and stability. the u.s. commitment to taiwan is rock solid and contributes to the commitment to peace and stability. now these encouragements came in taiwan's self declared air safety zone day and night. they scrambled their own planes. they deployed antimissile and antidefense systems and issued these radio warnings.