The Ministry of National Defense announced the military developments around Taiwan yesterday. As of 6:00 am today, the CCP has detected 16 sorties of military aircraft and 3 sub-warships operating around the Taiwan Strait.

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[Reporter Wu Shuwei/Report from Taipei] The Chinese People's Liberation Army continues to dispatch aircraft and ships around the Taiwan Strait, undermining the regional situation and the stability of the Taiwan Strait.

The Ministry of National Defense pointed out this morning that from 6:00 a.m. yesterday (18th) to 6:00 a.m. today, it was detected that the Chinese Communist Party sent 16 sorties of military aircraft and 3 sub-warships to operate around the Taiwan Strait. The airspace in northern Taiwan crossed the center line of the strait.

This morning, the Ministry of National Defense disclosed the specific details of the 24-hour disturbance by Chinese military aircraft from yesterday morning to today morning; one "JH-7" fighter-bomber crossed the central line of the Strait from the airspace in northern Taiwan, and one "BZK-007" was unmanned The plane flew into the southwest airspace of Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone from the sea at the junction of Fujian and Guangdong provinces in China, and the other two "J-16" fighter jets flew into the southwest airspace of Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone from the airspace northeast of Dongsha Island.

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The Ministry of National Defense pointed out that the national military uses mission aircraft, ships and shore-mounted missile systems to closely monitor and respond.