12 April 2021
by Gabriel Dominguez
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced on 12 April that a total of 25 Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft entered the island’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ) on 12 April: the largest number registered since the MND began making public PLA aircraft movements near Taiwan in mid-September 2020.
The ministry said in a statement that the aircraft included 14 J-16 and four J-10 multirole fighters, four H-6K strategic bombers, two KQ-200 anti-submarine warfare (ASW)-capable aircraft, as well as one KJ-500 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) platform.
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Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced on 12 April that a total of 25 Chinese People’...