Taiwan’s defense ministry reported on Wednesday that it had detected 37 Foreign aircraft in the harbor as part of joint exercises with an aircraft carrier in the eastern Pacific, according to AFP.
Taiwan announced at about 9.30 am ( 0130 GMT ) that” since 0520 today, the Ministry of National Defence detected a total of 37 Chinese aircraft”.
36 of these flights passed over the Taiwan Strait’s middle column, which divides Taiwan from China.
The aircraft is” co-operating with the aircraft carrier the Shandong to conduct” joint sea and air training” in the defense ministry’s press release.
According to defense secretary Wellington Koo, Shandong did not pass through the Bashi Channel, which is a usual route used by Chinese ships heading for the Pacific Ocean.
Instead, it “went farther south through the Balingtang Channel towards the Western Pacific”, he said.
In recent years, China has increased its military and political influence on Taiwan, but it is not planning to use force to impose its will on the beach.
