Taipei, Aug. 3 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) said that on Sunday, it observed the sorties of five PLA aircraft and 7 PLAN vessels operating around its territory.

Sharing the details in a post on X, the Ministry of National Defence said that an appropriate response has been taken in this regard.

MND wrote on X, "5 sorties of PLA aircraft and 7 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. #ROCArmedForces have monitored the situation and responded accordingly."

Earlier, on Saturday, the MND had detected 11 Chinese military aircraft and seven Chinese Naval vessels operating around its territorial waters, whereas on Friday, the MND detected 20 sorties of PLA aircraft and seven PLAN vesse...