Chinese military aircraft conducted flight drills in the region March 25-26, causing alarm in Japan and Taiwan
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/03/26
By: Teng Pei-ju, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) inspected three military facilities
President Tsai Ing-wen inspected three military camps in Hsinchu on March 26 (Photo courtesy of Military News Agency)
in Hsinchu, Taiwan Monday after China had once again sent military aircraft for flight drills in the region March 25-26, causing alarm in both Japan and Taiwan.
The Chinese military released a statement on March 25, saying it had conducted separate combat training missions involving H-6K bombers as well as Su-30 and Su-35 fighters through the Miyako Strait between Japans’ Okinawa and Miyako Island.
On Monday, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MOND) confirmed that Chinese aircraft, including Xian H-6 bombers, Su-30 fighter jets, and Shannxi Y-8 transport planes, conducted a drill through the Bashi Channel to the West Pacific.
Faced with increasing military activity on the part of Beijing, President Tsai, having said she had probably visited the country’s military bases more frequently than any of her predecessors, visited military facilities in Hsinchu on Monday morning with National Defense Minister Yen Teh-fa (嚴德發) and Secretary-General to the National Security Council David Lee (李大維), both of whom assumed their position one month ago.
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