The Chinese People's Liberation Army Zhi-9 anti-submarine helicopters have harassed the airspace of eastern Taiwan four times in the past week.

(Provided by the Department of Defense)

[Reporter Wu Zheyu/Report from Taipei] China continues to send military planes and warships around the Taiwan Strait to disrupt the regional situation.

Among them, the "Zhi 9" anti-submarine helicopter recently appeared in the airspace of eastern Taiwan on the 14th, 17th, 18th, and 20th of this month, respectively. Because it is a carrier-based aircraft, it shows that there are ships passing by or stationed in the sea area.

In addition, the anti-submarine helicopter itself is equipped with a sonar system, which can be put into the water to monitor the submarine, but it can also use sonar to detect the surrounding seabed terrain and collect hydrological data.

The Ministry of National Defense issued an announcement today. From 6:00 am yesterday (20th) to 6:00 am today, 10 sub-military aircraft and 2 sub-warships sent by the CCP were detected to continue activities around the Taiwan Strait. One of the "BZK-005" drones and A "Yun 8" anti-submarine aircraft entered Taiwan's southwest airspace, and another "Zhi 9" anti-submarine aircraft took off and landed in Taiwan's southeastern airspace.

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Recently, the "Zhi 9" anti-submarine helicopters and the communist warships have continued to appear in the eastern sea and airspace, which means that the communist warships not only regularly break through the first island chain and cruise in eastern Taiwan to demonstrate their control area, but also conduct various drills such as anti-submarine training. , to test various attack methods and enhance its combat effectiveness.

The national army will have new submarines in service in the future, and the Huadong sea area is a deep-water canyon terrain, which is suitable for submarine ambushes. This move can help the Chinese army understand the terrain in advance and strengthen its anti-submarine warfare capabilities against the national army in the future.

It is worth noting that on the 14th and 17th, in addition to the "Zhi-9" anti-submarine aircraft appearing in the eastern airspace, the Communist Army's BZK-005 large-scale surveillance drones also invaded from our southwest airspace, bypassing southern Taiwan to the eastern airspace of Taiwan, and "Zhi-9" Forming a north-south coordination situation, it can be speculated that the Communist Army is verifying the effectiveness of joint naval and air operations in the eastern waters of Taiwan to prevent the US Navy from intervening or monitoring the surface and underwater activities of the national army.

The Ministry of National Defense pointed out today that from 6:00 a.m. yesterday (20th) to 6:00 a.m. today, 10 sorties of military planes and 2 sub-warships sent by the CCP were detected to continue to operate around the Taiwan Strait, including one "BZK-005" drone and one A "Yun 8" anti-submarine aircraft entered Taiwan's southwest airspace, and another "Zhi 9" anti-submarine aircraft took off and landed in Taiwan's southeastern airspace.

(Provided by the Department of Defense)

On the 14th, the Communist Army's BZK-005 large-scale surveillance and reconnaissance drone circled from the southwest airspace of Taiwan to the eastern airspace.

(Provided by the Department of Defense)