Taiwan's Defense Ministry today detected 12 Chinese warships and 91 fighter jets around the island, on the third and final day of People's Liberation Army exercises around the island.
"Although the Eastern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army has announced the end of its maneuvers, the military will never relax its efforts to strengthen combat readiness," the ministry wrote in a statement, providing the bulletin of the raids to the 18 clubs (12 in Italy).
Numbers on the increase, therefore, compared to the previous survey.
China had reported that its fighter jets equipped "with real weapons" conducted "simulated attacks" near Taiwan in operations which, also engaging the Shandong aircraft carrier, tested "a blockade around the island".
Multiple H-6K fighters, "carrying live ammunition, carried out multiple waves of simulated attacks on important targets in Taiwan," the Eastern Theater Command of China's People's Liberation Army said in a statement, specifying that the aircraft carrier Shandong "has participated in today's exercises.
