MND reasserts confidence in military in face of Chinese intimidation

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/28
By:. Lu Hsin-hui and Kuan-lin Liu

Taipei, Nov. 28 (CNA) The ROC military remains confident in its ability to safeguard the

Image taken from Weibo

nation and will not be intimidated by a few photographs of a Chinese Air Force bomber allegedly in Taiwanese airspace, a spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said on Tuesday.

Speaking at a press conference, Chen Chung-chi (陳中吉), MND spokesman, responded to photographs posted by the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) on Chinese social media page Weibo on Nov. 24 and reported in Sina Online, a Chinese media website, as showing a Xian H-6K cruise missile bomber headed for Taiwan’s tallest peak, Jade Mountain

Chen said that the ministry does not rule out this being an attempt at intimidation on the part of the PLAAF but reasserted that such efforts will fail.    [FULL  STORY]

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