A total of several batches of common aircraft harassed our country's airspace this morning, and Air Force fighter planes intercepted and monitored it.

(Information photo, provided by the Ministry of National Defense)

[Reporter Cai Zongxian/Pingtung Report] The meeting between President Tsai Ing-wen, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives McCarthy and cross-party congressmen was successfully completed. The Eastern Theater Command of the Communist Army also issued a message to organize a combat readiness patrol around Taiwan Island and a "United Sword" exercise at 9:00 a.m. In less than 30 minutes from 24:00 to 24:00, the airspace in the southwestern region was already harassed by a common plane. Our Tainan, Chiayi, and Taichung fighter planes took off frequently, and American military planes were also monitoring the surrounding areas. The airspace situation was quite tense.

According to the broadcast track records, the CCP military aircraft has entered our southwest airspace at 9 degrees since 9:24. Both Chiayi and Taichung Air Force bases have intensive takeoffs of our fighter planes.

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The common aircraft attack has also made all countries vigilant. US military aircraft EP-3E, P-8A, RC-135 and KC-135 tankers are all monitoring around our airspace, and we can also see Chinese anti-submarine aircraft.

According to information from the Eastern Theater Command of the Communist Army, from April 8th to 10th, the Eastern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army organized combat readiness patrols around Taiwan and the "Joint Sword" exercise in the Taiwan Strait, northern Taiwan, southern Taiwan, and the sea and airspace east of Taiwan as planned.

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