PLA jets have usually crossed the median line – an unofficial border between Taiwan and mainland China – since Beijing started live-fire drills following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit.
"The Taiwanese armed forces have monitored the situation and tasked combat and air patrol aircraft, navy vessels, and land-based missile systems to respond to these activities," Taiwan's defense ministry stated.Ministry records showed it was the first time that several PLA bombers had flown to the southwestern corner of the air defense zone, close to the Taipei-controlled Pratas Islands in the South China Sea.
"Obviously the PLA H-6s were practicing formation flying and combat operation along with the J-11 jet and the PLA vessels," stated Ying Yu Lin, a professor of international relations and strategic studies at Tamkang University in New Taipei.Lin said that since Pelosi's Taiwan visit in August, the PLA had regularized its naval and aerial presence on the Taiwan side of the median line. Right after the departure of Pelosi, the PLA initiated days of enormous live-fire drills around Taiwan. (Related: China's military begins surrounding Taiwan as it conducts largest live-fire drills in over two decades.)
China's war games near the island nation has continued, albeit on a decreased scale. According to Lin, the PLA has also expanded its training and exercise areas to the airspace or waters close to South Korea and Japan in an attempt to practice cross-region combat operations, as shown by its latest joint drills with Russia. According to Max Lo, executive director of Taipei think tank Taiwan International Strategic Study Society, the bomber fly-bys are intended to advance training and operations of PLA warplanes. "After all, with rapid military build-up, the PLA needs to adapt to the latest changes and accumulate experience," Lo stated. Follow CommunistChina.news for more news about China's incursions into Taiwan's ADIZ. Watch the video below to know how China's PLA is simulating an invasion of Taiwan.Financial expert Andy Schectman says 2023 will be the year of the BRICS
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