According to a Defense News
report released on friday october 29th, the airport named Chanto Waisha Airport
is located just west of the straight
from the city of Tainan it used to serve Shantou City until 2011 when the nearby Jiang Kaoshan airport opened its doors
and became the city civil airport. The rotating detachment of PLA aircraft
has been there since at least october
last year according to satellite imagery
provided by planet labs. Images from that time show two Shanxi KQ-200 anti-submarine warfare aircraft
in what was once a civilian parking
apron.
The chinese KQ-200 has been the aircraft
most frequently seen by taiwan crossing
into the it is. The units known to
operate these planes are based at Da Chong in Shanghai in the north and a
quien high on the southern chinese
island of Hainan and the south china sea, According to reports
taking off from the airport cuts the
time it takes for pilots to enter the
idis and position themselves to conduct
flight training in the southern part of
the taiwan strait the northern part of
the south china sea and the bashi strait
simultaneously.
For the report, the bashi channel is between taiwan and
the philippines this is a major
strategic choke point located along the
so-called first island chain that
chinese military planners are looking to
penetrate in the years to come.
Yesterday three chinese military
aircraft entered taiwan's air defense
identification zone or it is on
wednesday 27th of october, marking the
17th intrusion this month. Two people's liberation army or PLA Shenyang J-11 fighters and one Shanxi Y-8 anti-submarine warfare aircraft who
into the southwest corner of taiwan's it
is.
According to the ministry of national
defence or MND in response taiwan sent aircraft in
addition to broadcasting radio alerts
and deployed an air defense missile
system to monitor pla aircraft. According to a report released by MND on
wednesday china has sent more than 680
military aircraft to taiwan's
identification zone so far this year to
increase surveillance, port and maneuvers
between the PLA Navy and air force and
weaken taiwan's air defenses.
Since september last year china has
stepped up its use of grey zone tactics
by routinely sending aircraft to
taiwan's it is with most of the
incidents taking place in the southwest
corner of the zone
and it is is an area beyond the airspace
of a country where air traffic
controllers ask incoming aircraft to
identify themselves. Gray zone tactics
are defined as an attempt or set of
measures beyond steady-state prevention
and assurance that seeks to achieve
one's security objectives without the
use of direct and appreciable force.
According to MND data chinese aircraft
were tracked at taiwan's it is 27 times
in september, 14 times in august, 14 times
in july, 10 times in june, 18 times in may, 22 times in april, 18 times in march, 17
times in march, february and 27 times in january. Last
year they were observed 19 times in
december, 22 times in november and 22
times in october.
President Xi, England is confident that
the united states or u.s will help
taiwan defend its country from chinese
attacks. Sai said in an interview with CNN about
whether she believed Washington would
defend taipei over beijing, i have faith sai said when asked for
comment on the question. Sai also monitored how the us and taiwan
have been working together to enhance
taiwan's defense capabilities, among those that sai cited included u.s
military training cooperation for
taiwanese troops an initiative first
reported by the wall street journal.
As reported by Al Jazeera sai's comments
on the us came after taiwan's ministry
of national defense reported again about
the china interference. in its report the
ministry said that on wednesday october
27 three chinese planes were found again, appeal to the air border, air knowledge
or it is it was the fourth consecutive
day that china has intruded and the 17th
during the month of october. Two Shenyang J-11 fighters of the
people's liberation army of china and
one Shanxi Y-8 anti-submarine
warfare aircraft flew to the southwest
corner of the it is. The ministry said
adding that in response, taiwan had sent
an aircraft, broadcasting a radio warning
and deploy air defense missile system.
Overall taiwan had reported a total of
680 attacks in 2021 as of wednesday. The
ministry added
this week u.s president Joe Biden
rebuked Beijing for its actions against Taipei. Biden made the move during a
virtual summit of the association of
southeast asian nations or asean which
was also attended by the chinese prime
minister.
The us and china the two world powers
have long had disputes over taiwan
including whether taiwan should be
involved in the united nations. Washington suggested that taiwan be
integrated into the world body for
pragmatic purposes.
Instead Beijing countered by saying that
taiwan had no right to join . Taiwan left the united nations in
october 1971 after the world body chose
to recognize the people's republic of
china over the government in taipei
under Chiang Kai-Shek.
