Very high tension in the so-called Asian "chessboard".
China has in fact reported that its fighter jets equipped "with real weapons" have conducted "simulated attacks" near Taiwan as part of operations which, also engaging the Shandong aircraft carrier, have tested "a blockade around the island".
Multiple H-6K fighters, "carrying live ammunition, carried out multiple waves of simulated attacks on key targets in Taiwan," the Eastern Theater Command of China's People's Liberation Army said in a statement, adding that the aircraft carrier Shandong "has participated in today's exercises."
According to reports from the Taipei Defense Ministry, 70 Chinese planes and 11 warships have been detected by the Taiwanese armed forces around the island in the last 24 hours.
Not only that: 35 aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and reached the air defense identification area (Adiz) to the southwest and southeast of the island.
(Unioneonline/lf)
