People’s Liberation Army Air Force Y-8 tracked in air defense identification zone Sunday morning
Taiwan News
Date: 2020/11/020
By: Eric Chang, Taiwan News, Contributing Writer
Chinese Y-8 reconnaissance plane (MND photo)
A single Shaanxi Y-8 reconnaissance plane intruded into the southwest corner of the ADIZ, according to Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND). The Taiwanese military responded by scrambling fighter jets, broadcasting radio warnings, and deploying air defense missile systems to monitor the situation.
China’s latest string of intrusions started on Sept. 16 when two Shaanxi Y-8s flew into the southwest section of the identification zone. On Sept. 18, Beijing sent 18 military planes — including H-6 bombers and J-10, J-11, and J-16 fighter jets split into five groups — to carry out flights in the Taiwan Strait to the northwest of Taiwan and in the southwest corner of its ADIZ, with some crossing the median line in the strait.
The following day, an additional 19 warplanes, including bombers, fighter jets, and patrol planes, flew six different paths between an area northwest of Taiwan and the southwest portion of the ADIZ, with some again flying across the median line. One to three Chinese aircraft also penetrated the ADIZ on Sept. 21, 22, 23, 24, and 29 and on Oct. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31. [FULL STORY]
