Taiwan detects 42 aircraft, 8 ships of PLA in island area

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.