TAIPEI —Taiwan's defence ministry said 37 Chinese aircraft were detected around the self-ruled island Wednesday as they 'headed to the Western Pacific' for exercises with an aircraft carrier.
TAIPEI — Taiwan 's defence ministry said 37 Chinese aircraft were detected around the self-ruled island Wednesday as they 'headed to the Western Pacific ' for exercises with an aircraft carrier.China claims democratic Taiwan as part of its territory and maintains a near-daily presence of fighter jets, drones and warships around the island, which is located 180 kilometres from the southern Chinese coast.
' headed to the Western Pacific via our southern and southeastern airspace to cooperate with the aircraft carrier the Shandong in conducting 'joint sea and air training',' the defence ministry said in a statement.It added that Taiwan's armed forces monitored the situation and deployed 'air craft, navy vessels and coastal missile systems' in response.
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