Focus Taiwan
Date: 12/25/2020
By: Flor Wang and Chen Yun-yu
Test-firing of missiles by National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology from Jioupeng Military Base
According to the website of the Ministry of National Defense (MND), the Y-8 anti-submarine patrol plane entered the southwestern part of Taiwan's ADIZ, while the Y-8 surveillance plane flew over the Bashi Strait and flew across much of the southern part of the ADIZ.
The military scrambled planes to intercept the planes, issued radio warnings and mobilized surveillance and air defense assets to deal with the intrusion, which has almost become a daily occurrence in recent months due to deteriorating relations between the two sides.
The incident was the latest in a string of similar deployments by China's military into Taiwan's ADIZ and across the median line of the Taiwan Strait since Sept. 17, when the MND began to inform the public of movements of Chinese military aircraft near Taiwan on its website.
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