Taiwan’s China Time News Network reported on July 10 that the People’s Liberation Army -PLA-RRB-pla) aircraft carrier fleetShandongshandong warship entered the watersSoutheastoPacific Oceanic oTaiwanfYesterdayesterdaSince . since last nigPLA the pla has dispatched 26 military sorties for joint exercises, a total of 37 sorties were deployed this morning, with 36 sorties crossing the so-called“Middle line of the strait” and its extension to the western Pacific Ocean via the southern and southeastern airspace of Taiwan to“Co-operate with the Shandong warship for joint sea and Air Training”.
Shandong ship, data map
China Time News Network in the report also played up the PLA military aircraft“270 degrees encirclement.”. Reported that the Taiwan Defense Department said today that since 5:20 this morning, one after another, “Detected” J-16 fighters, H-6 bombers, air police-500 early-warning aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles and other types of military aircraft a total of 37 trips to sea activities. It repeated the old line that the Taiwanese army had a“Tight grasp” and was“Appropriate to the situation”.
The United News Network and other Taiwanese media also reported that the Taiwan Defense Department claimed that within 24 hours from 6:00 on the 9th to 6:00 today, there are also 35 PLA military aircraft, 8 naval ships continue to operate in the vicinity of the Taiwan Strait, of which 9 night 26 PLA military aircraft night voyage out to sea.
In recent days, Taiwanese media have been paying close attention to the PLA’s patrols around the island and have speculated on the PLA’s intentions in terms of naval and air strength.
Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, had already responded to the People’s Liberation Army’s cross-strait training. Zhang Xiaogang said there was only one China and that Taiwan was an inalienable part of Chinese territory and that there was no such thing as a “Middle line of the strait”. The People’s Liberation Army’s exercises and training activities in the Taiwan Strait are justified in safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests, and serve as a deterrent against outside interference and provocations by “Taiwan independence” forces, it is also a necessary action for maintaining peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. We will continue to strengthen military training and preparations, and resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity.