CHINA-TAIWAN: LARGEST NUMBER OF CHINESE PLAAF AIRCRAFT VIOLATE TAIWAN'S ADIZ ON CHINA'S NATIONAL DAY ON OCTOBER 1

Beijing marked its National Day on October 1, with its biggest aerial show of force against Taiwan to date, buzzing the self-ruled democratic island with 38 warplanes, including nuclear-capable H6 bombers. First 25 PLA aircraft (J-16*18, SU-30*4, H-6*2 and Y-8 ASW) entered the Taiwan's southwest ADIZ and later the same day another batch of 13 fighter aircraft (ten J-16s, two H-6s and one KJ-500) flew into Taiwan's ADIZ. On October 2 another 39 aircraft of different types entered the ADIZ. The 20 PLA aircraft were fourteen J-16 fighter jets, four Su-30 fighter jets, and two Y-8 anti-submarine warfare aircraft. Last week 24 Chinese warplanes flew into the area after Taiwan applied to join a major trans-Pacific trade pact. On October 3, a US State Department statement reiterated the interest of the United States in ensuring regional peace and security and said it "is very concerned by the People’s Republic of China’s provocative military activity near Taiwan, which is destabilizing, risks miscalculations, and undermines regional peace and stability. We urge Beijing to cease its military, diplomatic, and economic pressure and coercion against Taiwan". (Comment: Last year, PLAAF jets made a record 380 incursions into Taiwan's defence zone, and the number of breaches for the first nine months of this year has already exceeded 500.)





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