Taiwan’s defense ministry has detected 42 PLA fighter jets and eight warships in Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), with up to 29 of the planes crossing the median line – the de facto border in the Taiwan Strait, Report informs referring to The Guardian.
The PLA has sent planes and ships into the ADIZ on a near daily basis in recent years and, since the drills last August, has increased the frequency of median line crossings.
A crossing by 29 planes is higher than average, and similar to figures recorded by observers during the drills held in August after then-House speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taipei.