Taiwan detects 21 sorties of Chinese aircraft, 8 naval vessels in its territory

Taiwans Ministry of National Defence MND on Monday detected 21 sorties of Peoples Liberation Army PLA aircraft eight Peoples Liberation Army Navy PLAN vessels and three official ships near its territoryOf the 21 aircraft 16 crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered the islands northern southwestern and eastern air defence identification zones ADIZ21 PLA aircraft 8 PLAN vessels and 3 official ships operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 am UTC8 today 16 out of 21 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwans northern southwestern and eastern ADIZ We have monitored the situation and responded MND stated in a post on X21 PLA aircraft 8 PLAN vessels and 3 official ships operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 am UTC8 today 16 out of 21 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwanrsquos northern southwestern and eastern ADIZ We have monitored the situation and responded pictwittercomI211vs3Nd0mdash Ministry of National Defense ROCTaiwan MoNDefense May 19 2025Earlier on Sunday MND detected 16 sorties of Peoples Liberation Army PLA aircraft six Peoples Liberation Army Navy PLAN vessels and two official ships around the island13 out of the 16 aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait median line and entered the islands northern southwestern and eastern ADIZ16 PLA aircraft 6 PLAN vessels and 2 official ships operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 am UTC8 today 13 out of 16 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwans northern southwestern and eastern ADIZ We have monitored the situation and responded MND stated on XMeanwhile on Sunday Taiwan completed the initial operation evaluation and limited field testing of its militarys new Tien Kung IV Sky Bow IV missiles as reported by Taipei TimesCiting a defence official Taipei Times said that the Tien Kung IV missile is expected to be massproduced from next yearThe missiles which have been created by the Chungshan Institute of Science and Technologys Strong Bow programme are a new air defence weapon with a maximum altitude of 70km a source told Taipei Times on condition of anonymityThe sources cited said this marks a significant improvement over the previous Tien Kung III and the PAC3 Missile Segment Enhancement systems which have maximum altitudes of 45km and 60 km respectivelyThis latest advancement allows Tien Kung IV to intercept highflying cruise and ballistic missiles with a higher probability of successThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params