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Original title: After 18 yesterday, 19 PLA fighters now train near the Taiwan Strait.
[文/观察者网 熊超然]According to the Taiwanese media “ETtoday News Cloud” on September 19, citing news from the Taiwan defense department, the People’s Liberation Army, after the deployment of 18 fighters yesterday (18), had 19 PLA fighters training near the Strait of Taiwan that morning.
According to the information released in the column “Real-time military updates” of the Taiwan Defense Department, the 19 fighters include 12 J-16, 2 J-10, 2 J-11, 2 H-6K and 1 Y- 8. .
In response to this, the Taiwan Defense Department claimed that Taiwan’s “air force” immediately dispatched air patrols and emergency takeoffs to respond, while at the same time cooperating with the “elimination” of missile transmission and tracking of air defense.
On September 19, a schematic diagram of the activities of 19 PLA fighters. Source: Taiwan ArmyTaiwan’s defense department also claimed that the PLA’s provocative actions by crossing the so-called “center of the Strait” for two consecutive days and infringing on Taiwan’s “sovereignty” have seriously undermined the status quo of peace and stability in the Strait of Taiwan and the region. Taiwan’s defense department issued a “severe condemnation” and appealed to the mainland. In terms of “self-control, braking the cliff, not becoming rioters and jointly maintaining peace and security in the Taiwan Strait and the Indo-Pacific region”, and so on.
Yesterday, the Taiwan defense department stated that the PLA sent 2 H-6Ks, 8 J-16s, 4 J-11s, 4 J-10s, 18 fighters in total and multiple batches of bombs entered southwest Taiwan in multiple directions. . , West Air Defense Identification Zone. According to the Taiwanese media, the number of emergency take-offs of various types of fighter jets from various bases of the Taiwan “Air Force” reached 17 times, which is very rare. The take-off frequency of some Taiwan Air Force fighter jets is high, setting a record since they became an army.
On September 18, the Eagle Strike-12 air-to-ship missile H-6K, belonging to a regiment of the Air Force Bomber Division, was added at the Eastern Theater. Source: Taiwan ArmyAccording to Taiwanese media reports, when some PLA fighter jets crossed the so-called “strait center line” that day, the Taiwanese army shouted: “You have flown over the” center line of the track “and immediately turned to leave. “. The PLA “dominant” pilots replied: “There is no” feature center line. “According to Taiwanese military personnel, PLA pilots respond in a standard way. Now, as long as they pass the” center line, “they will say the same. No there is emotional dialogue between the two parties.
On the afternoon of September 17, Clarke, Undersecretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment of the United States Department of State led a delegation to visit Taiwan. The special plane arrived in Taipei at 5:23 p.m. Beijing time. Taiwanese media recently exaggerated that this is the highest-level US State Department official to have “visited Taiwan” since 1979.
On September 18, National Defense Ministry spokesman Ren Guoqiang declared to the outside world: From that day on, the Oriental Theater of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army organized actual combat exercises near the Taiwan Strait. This is a legitimate and necessary action taken in response to the current situation in the Taiwan Strait and safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity. Taiwan is a sacred and inalienable part of the territory of China. The Taiwan issue is purely China’s internal affairs and does not allow any foreign interference.
He stressed that the United States and the authorities of the Democratic Progressive Party have recently intensified their relationship and caused frequent incidents. Whether it is to control China in Taiwan or to retain foreign countries, it is an illusion and is bound to be a dead end. The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has strong will, full confidence and sufficient capacity to thwart all external interference and separatist acts of “Taiwan independence” and resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
