The Ministry of National Defense explained the general situation of the "United Sword" military exercise in response to the Communist Army.

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[Reporter Wu Shuwei/Taipei Report] China launched a military exercise against Taiwan from the 8th to the 10th, and people from all walks of life are concerned about whether the Chinese Communist Party’s ships have entered the 24-mile contiguous area of ​​Taiwan. In this regard, Lieutenant General Yan Youxian, Deputy Director of the Information Office of the Ministry of National Defense Staff Headquarters, pointed out, The CCP’s warships “did not reach 24 nautical miles.” Although the CCP’s military exercises were over, yesterday and today it was discovered that the CCP continued to carry out deterrence and joint combat readiness patrols around the Taiwan Strait. The number of ships maintained at about 8 per day, although the force was slightly reduced , but the degree of deterrence against Taiwan still exists.

The Ministry of National Defense held a regular press conference today, with the theme of the Chinese Communist Party's military exercise and annual civil security exercise planning.

In response to the daily dynamics of the CCP’s military exercises, Yan Youxian explained that at 8:20 on the 8th, the Eastern Theater Command of the CCP announced the implementation of the “Joint Sword” exercise in the sea and airspace around Taiwan from 8 to 10 and the combat readiness and police patrol around Taiwan; and at 9:30 on the same day Since then, 71 sorties of various types of aircraft, including drones, air early warning aircraft, and fighter jets, and 9 warships have carried out large-scale military raids in the sea and airspace around Taiwan.

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Yan Youxian mentioned that from 5:55 on the 9th, the CCP continued to implement joint military deterrence in the sea and airspace around Taiwan with 70 sorties of drones, early warning aircraft, fighter jets, carrier-based aircraft, and bombers, as well as 11 warships; From 5:41 a.m., 91 sorties of drones, early warning aircraft, fighter jets, and carrier-based aircraft, as well as 12 warships, continued to implement joint control in the sea and airspace around Taiwan.

Regarding the outside world’s concern about whether the Chinese Communist Party’s warships have entered our 24 nautical miles contiguous area, Yan Youxian said that the Ministry of National Defense releases the Communist Army’s news every day, and all the disturbances of the common planes and ships follow the situation of entering our contingency area. The 24 miles is the part of media attention. , During the exercise, it was not found that it entered 24 nautical miles, "I will report to everyone with certainty that it did not enter 24 nautical miles."

Yan Youxian said that although the CCP’s military exercise lasted from 8 to 10 days, the National Army discovered yesterday and today that the CCP continued to deter the surrounding areas of the Taiwan Strait and carried out joint combat readiness and police patrol missions. The Ministry of National Defense will also announce the number of CCP ships every day. About 10 ships, although the troop strength has been slightly reduced, the degree of deterrence against Taiwan still exists. In the air part, about 14 aircraft entered our response area at noon this year.

Yan Youxian said that generally speaking, the CCP’s deterrence has never been reduced, and it does not expect to show more favors to Taiwan. The national army will still do its best to fight and train its own duties, and will grasp relevant intelligence, surveillance and investigation, and make announcements in due course.

The Ministry of National Defense also rarely announced yesterday that the Chinese military aircraft flew outside the eastern boundary of Taiwan's air defense identification zone on the 10th.

According to the Ministry of National Defense, the CCP's "J-15" fighter jets carried out 15 sorties in the airspace over eastern Taiwan that day, and the "J-15" fighter jets are the carrier aircraft of the "Shandong" aircraft carrier.

In this regard, Yan Youxian explained that the "J-15" fighters on the Shandong ship can be controlled as long as they enter the air defense identification zone when they take off and land. As long as the radar coverage and the early warning system can grasp the other dynamics, the national army will announce them, so that the people of the country have the right to know.

As for whether the "Shandong" has full operational capability, Yan Youxian said that since the Shandong dares to go to sea, it has a certain combat power, and if it dares to enter the air defense identification zone, it means that it has a certain combat power. The national army expects the enemy to be lenient. In terms of preparation, there will be certain responses, "I will not say that it has no combat power, nor will it say that it has high combat power."

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