Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/22
By: Liu Lee-jung, Lu Hsin-hui and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, Nov. 22 (CNA) Several Chinese military aircraft were seen flying near Taiwan on
Defense Minister Feng Shih-kuan (馮世寬, center)
Wednesday, passing through the Bashi Channel south of the island, as part of a far-sea training mission in the Western Pacific, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) has confirmed.
The flights by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force were the latest in a series of Chinese military activities being carried out close to Taiwan since Nov. 18, when a Chinese military aircraft flew east of the island.
The group of aircraft involved in the training mission Wednesday included bombers, and renaissance and refueling planes, which moved along a route that is feasible for Beijing to unleash strikes on Taiwan, Defense Minister Feng Shih-kuan (馮世寬) said at a legislative hearing.
In response, Taiwan scrambled airborne early warning aircraft and interceptors in its Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), Feng said. [FULL STORY]
