Chinese Shenyang J-16 fighter (illustration)
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The Taiwanese military recorded 15 aircraft and three ships of the People’s Liberation Army of China (PLA) in the region adjacent to the island. This was announced on Friday, March 17, in the press service of the defense department of the island.
The press service claims that five aircraft crossed the airspace in the area of the so-called median line in the Taiwan Strait and entered the island’s air defense identification zone to the southwest of it. We are talking about the Y-8 radar reconnaissance aircraft, two J-16 fighters, as well as two WZ-7 drones, writes Friday, March 17, TASS.
As Profile.ru reported on March 10 Taiwanese military recorded 15 aircraft and three Chinese warships heading towards the island. One of the aircraft crossed the airspace in the area of the so-called median line in the Taiwan Strait. We are talking about the J-11 fighter.
The Taiwan issue has been open since 1949, when the communist People’s Republic of China was proclaimed on the mainland, and the Kuomintang party that ruled the country before fled to Taiwan. Since 1992, the “one China policy” has come into effect, according to which there can be only one Chinese state in the world. Countries that maintain diplomatic relations with Taiwan automatically cut off relations with China.
