Taiwan on High Alert
Chinese Combat drones are flying around Taiwan carrying heavy weapons, said Taiwan’s defense ministry on Friday, which increases military tensions.
China views Taiwan as a democratically governed territory. As a result, China increased the pressure on the island to accept Beijing’s authorities’ claims. China has forced Taipei for the last three years.
China started war games with the island this month after the island president’s meet with United States House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
As per the island’s defense ministry, In the last 24 hours, around 19 military aircraft had entered the island’s air-identical zone.
Chinese TB-001 drones fly with missiles under their wings capable of firing high-altitude long-range missiles.
China plans are flying on an island encirclement mission with nuclear bomber H-6.
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The China Air Force fired no shots, nor they entered island’s airspace. Instead, they are flying around the air defense identical zone where the island usually monitors and patrols so that they can have more time to respond to the threat near them.
Island’s government denies accepting China’s claims as they want to decide their future.