TAIPEI: Amidst simmering tensions between China and Taiwan in recent days, Beijing clarified on Friday that the report claiming that Taiwan shot down one of its Sukhoi-35 jets is completely “false and false information.”
“In response to the Internet broadcast of” Did Taiwan shoot down a CCP SU-35 aircraft? “The Air Force Command solemnly refuted today that it is false and completely false information,” said the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic. from China in a statement.
The Air Force Command noted that it strongly condemns such malicious acts by deliberately creating and spreading false information on the Internet in an attempt to confuse the audience, ” the Ministry added.
The reactions from the Chinese Air Force came after a video claiming that Taiwan shot down a Chinese fighter jet over an alleged intrusion into its airspace went viral on social media platforms.
In the video you can clearly see that debris from an aircraft has fallen into a colony. It was reported that Taiwan used the US Patriot missile defense system to shoot down the Chinese aircraft.
According to media reports, Taiwan had warned Chinese planes in the past to stay out of Taiwanese airspace. The pilot is said to have been injured in this incident. If this incident turns out to be true, then a war situation may arise against the two hostile countries.
The United States has been supporting Taiwan in its skirmish against China. The Taiwanese Navy and Air Force are on alert to face any kind of aggression from China.
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has made several new announcements to further strengthen the military reserve forces to increase their military strength.
Taiwan has resorted to that stance after China implemented the National Security Law in Hong Kong and also threatened to merge Taiwan under a two-nation system. Apart from this, China has always threatened to combine Taiwan with military force at home.
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