New tension in Taiwan: fighter jets take off one after another

Chinese warplanes have been reported to have entered the part of Taiwan, which is in a sovereignty dispute, defined as “airspace.”

In the statement made by Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense, it was noted that 37 aircraft, including J-11, J-16, H-6, YU-20 and AWACS type aircraft, entered the southwestern part of Taiwanese airspace. island for a long time. Remote recognition training. In the statement, it was reported that the Taiwanese military is closely monitoring the situation with fighter jets, ships, detection tracking devices and ground-based missile systems.

It is the first time that Chinese fighter jets have carried out successive flights with such a large number of planes in the airspace of the island, which is in conflict over sovereignty.

Previously, Beijing had regularized flights where Taiwan declared the Air Identification and Defense Area (ADIZ) and the airlines and maritime lines that had to limit the zones of influence of the parties in the Taiwan Strait, but these flights did not enter the airspace of the Island. The airspace, in international law, defines the area that includes the airspace over territorial waters, 22 kilometers from the coast.

The Air Defense and Identification Area, which is not defined in international law and is not controlled by any international authority, is generally declared unilaterally by countries. The identification area does not include civil aircraft that do not intend to violate the country’s defined airspace, but military aircraft entering the area are assessed as a potential threat and warned. (AA)