Saturday, 02 January 2021 (YJC)_Taiwan claimed a Chinese warplane entered Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone.
For the second day running in the new year, a Chinese warplane entered Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), the Ministry of National Defense announced on its website Saturday (Jan. 2).
The latest incursion was the work of a People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) Y-8 RECCE, a tactical reconnaissance aircraft. As on previous occasions, the plane approached southwest of Taiwan and was met by jets from the Taiwanese Air Force.
“Airborne alert sorties had been tasked, radio warnings issued and air defense missile systems deployed to monitor the activity,” the Ministry of National Defense said.
The think tank said China frequently saw to enter the ADIZ from the southwest because the area was positioned between Taiwan and the South China Sea, and it would thus be able to interfere with communications between the main island and Taiwanese-held Taiping Island. Another reason was to research the possibility of sending submarines into the area and to try and intimidate the United States into staying away, CNA reported.
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