Taipei , Oct. 18 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) reported on Friday that it had tracked 27 Chinese military aircraft and eight naval vessels operating close to its territorial boundaries. The ministry said that 19 of the aircraft had crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, entering the northern, central, and southwestern parts of Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ).
Posting on X, the MND noted that its forces were monitoring the situation closely and had taken appropriate response measures to safeguard national security. Earlier the same day, Taiwan's defense authorities also recorded the movement of 21 People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft and nine People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) ships around the is...