More than 40 Chinese warplanes were detected around Taiwan in a day, the self-ruled island's defense ministry said on Wednesday.
A formation of military airplanes, one HY-6 tanker aircraft and two J-10 fighters, fly over Beijing during a military parade at Tiananmen Square on October 1, 2019, to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.TAIPEI, Taiwan —
The ministry said "37 of the detected aircraft had crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's southwest and southeast ADIZ".This month, Taiwan's defense minister said China had stepped up "military intimidation" this year by flying an increased number of warplanes around the island and accelerating the deployment of ballistic missiles.
The ministry said at the time that Beijing's "continued military harassment can easily lead to a sharp escalation in tension and worsen regional security". Last week, China's defense ministry accused Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party of pushing the island toward a "dangerous situation of war" at an "accelerated pace", after reports that Taipei planned to buy thousands of military drones in the next four years.
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