The Japan News
Date: May 12, 2018

AFPTAIPEI (AFP-Jiji) — China sent fighter jets and other military aircraft near Taiwan
Friday in the latest of a series of drills which Beijing has said are aimed at the island’s “independence forces.”

Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said multiple H-6K bombers, reconnaissance planes and transport aircraft flew over the Bashi Channel, south of Taiwan, and over the Miyako Strait, near Okinawa Island, in a drill Friday morning.

It was the first time that China’s Su-35 fighters were sent over the Bashi Channel, the ministry said, while J-11 fighters and early warning aircraft also took part.

The ministry assured the public in a statement that it was able to fully monitor Chinese naval and air drills and “take effective responsive measures to ensure defense security.”    [FULL  STORY]