Taiwan's Defense Department: 19 PLA military aircraft entered the airspace of Southwest Taiwan today, and 14 were fighters

Taiwan's green media freedom Times said that Taiwan's Defense Department released "real-time military dynamics" information on the evening of the 5th, claiming that the people's Liberation Army today (the 5th) sent 19 military aircraft to "disturb" Taiwan's southwest airspace, including 1 "yun-8" anti submarine aircraft, 4 "H-6" bombers, 10 "jian-16" fighters and 4 "Su-30" fighters.

The PLA's four Su-30 fighters entered Taiwan's southwest airspace on the 5th. The picture shows the same type of aircraft. Figure from the official website of Taiwan's Defense Department

Taiwan's green media freedom times claimed that according to the information released by the "real-time military dynamics" zone on the website of Taiwan's Defense Department, 14 of the mainland's 19 military aircraft "disturbing" Taiwan's southwest airspace were fighters, but they all entered Taiwan's "Air Defense Identification Zone" from the airspace South of Taiwan's "central line of the Taiwan Strait" and mostly operated at the border of Taiwan's "Air Defense Identification Zone", It did not go further into Taiwan airspace. Taiwan's air force declared that "in accordance with established practice, it will send air patrol forces to deal with, broadcast expulsion and air defense missile pursuit".

The report also claimed that according to the "real-time military dynamics" zone information, the PLA has sent more than two military aircraft into Taiwan's "Air Defense Identification Zone" for three consecutive days since September 3 this year, with four sorties in a single day on September 3 and 4.

In addition, it is reported that an American "e-8c" command plane not only entered Taiwan's "Air Defense Identification Zone" today, but also flew into Taiwan's airspace to avoid the southern cloud system and was expelled by Taiwan's air force broadcast. However, Taiwan's Defense Department has so far not released or confirmed the dynamics of the US military aircraft.

The eastern theater has long responded to the PLA's military operations around the Taiwan Strait. Zhang Chunhui, spokesman of the eastern theater of the people's Liberation Army, previously said that Taiwan and its affiliated islands are a sacred and inalienable part of China's territory. The combat readiness cruise of the Chinese army is completely legitimate and legal. It is a necessary action to be taken in view of the current security situation in the Taiwan Strait and the need to safeguard national sovereignty. Zhang Chunhui also stressed that the theater troops have the determination and ability to thwart all "Taiwan independence" separatist activities, resolutely safeguard national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, and resolutely safeguard peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait region.