Channel News Asia
Date: 26 Apr 2018
BEIJING: China flew bombers and fighter jets around Taiwan on Thursday (Apr 26), the air
China said recent exercises served as a message against any moves toward independence and warned that it was ready to take unspecified further steps if they persist. (Photo: AFP)
force said, the latest show of force by Beijing following warnings against any drive for independence on the self-ruled island.
H-6K bombers, early warning aircraft, reconnaissance planes and several types of fighter jets took off from multiple airports for “combat drills”, the air force said in a statement on its official microblog.
The planes flew over Bashi Strait, south of Taiwan and the Miyako Strait, near Japan’s Okinawa Island, it said.
The air force said its H-6K bombers have completed several drills that involved circling Taiwan since Apr 18 “to strengthen its capacity to safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity”. [FULL STORY]
