Defence News
Taiwan says 8 Chinese air force planes entered its airspace
Taiwan’s air force scrambled on Sunday to warn off eight Chinese aircraft including fighter jets that entered its air defense zone, its defense ministry said, at a time of heightened tensions across the sensitive Taiwan Strait.
Taiwan has complained for a year or more of repeated missions by China’s air force near the self-ruled island, often in the southwestern part of its air defense zone near the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands.
The Chinese aircraft included six J-16 fighters, one anti-submarine aircraft and one surveillance aircraft, the defense ministry said in a statement late on Sunday.
