Taipei, Sept. 24 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) detected a Chinese military vessel around its territorial waters as of 6 am on Wednesday (local time).

In a departure from the usual, the MND did not detect any PLA aircraft.

In a post on X, the MND said, "1 PLAN vessel operating around #Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. ROC Armed Forces have monitored the situation and responded. Illustration of flight path is not provided due to no PLA aircraft operating around Taiwan were detected during this timeframe."

https://x.com/MoNDefense/status/1970654416450789402

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