Total Air and Missile Incursions

• Total missiles landing in Taiwan Strait or surrounding Taiwan waters – 61
• Total air incursions into the ADIZ 2023 – 341
• Total air incursions into the ADIZ 2022 – 1737
• Total air incursions into the ADIZ 2021 – 972
• Total air incursions into the ADIZ 2020 – 380

For a more detailed tracker, see Ben Lewis’s Taiwan ADIZ Violations Google Sheet.

March 22, 2023

• The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked 10 Chinese military aircraft and two naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Monday (March 20) and 6 a.m. on Tuesday (March 21). Of the 10 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, three were tracked in Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), according to the MND.
• So far this month, Beijing has sent 292 military aircraft and 76 naval vessels around Taiwan. Since September 2020, China has increased its use of gray zone tactics by routinely sending aircraft into Taiwan’s ADIZ.

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March 20, 2023

• The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked 10 Chinese military aircraft and three naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Sunday (March 19) and 6 a.m. on Monday (March 20). No PLA aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait median line or entered the southwest corner of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) during this time.

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March 18, 2023

• The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked 26 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Friday (March 17) and 6 a.m. on Saturday (March 18). Of the 26 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, 15 were monitored in Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), according to the MND.

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March 17, 2023

• The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked 15 Chinese military aircraft and three naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Thursday (March 16) and 6 a.m. on Friday (March 17).
• Of the 15 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, five entered the southwest corner of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ). No PLA aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait median line during this time.

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March 16, 2023

• The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked 19 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Wednesday (March 15) and 6 a.m. on Thursday (March 16).
• Of the 19 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, three were monitored in Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), according to the MND. Two Shenyang J-11 fighter jets crossed the Taiwan Strait median line in the northeast sector of the ADIZ.

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March 15, 2023

• The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked 28 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Tuesday (March 14) and 6 a.m. on Wednesday (March 15).
• Of the 28 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, 16 were tracked in Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), according to the MND. Four Shenyang J-11 jet fighters, two Shenyang J-16 fighter jets, and two Chengdu J-10 fighter jets crossed the Taiwan Strait median line.

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March 10, 2023

• The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked 15 Chinese military aircraft and four naval ships around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Thursday (March 9) and 6 a.m. on Friday (March 10).
• Of the 15 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, one Shenyang J-11 fighter jet entered the northeast corner of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), according to the MND. No PLA aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait median line during this time.

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March 9, 2023

• The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked 11 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Wednesday (March 8) and 6 a.m. on Thursday (March 9).
• Of the 11 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, five entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), according to the MND. Two Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets were tracked in the northeast corner of the ADIZ, while two Shenyang J-16 fighter jets and one Shaanxi Y-8 anti-submarine warfare plane were spotted in the southwest sector of the zone.

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March 6, 2023

• Taipei’s defence minister says self-governing island is prepared to ‘fire the first shot’ if Chinese forces enter its territorial space. Taiwan must be on alert this year for a “sudden entry” by the Chinese military into areas close to its territory as tensions rise across the Taiwan Strait, its defence minister warned.
• Answering questions from lawmakers in parliament, Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said on Monday the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) might find excuses to enter areas close to Taiwan’s territorial air and sea space as the self-governing island steps up its military exchanges with the United States, to Beijing’s ire.

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March 2, 2023

• Taiwan has reported a large-scale Chinese air force incursion into its air defense zone for a second day running, just as the United States approved the potential sale of $619m in weapons to the island – including hi-tech missiles for Taiwan’s F-16 fighter jets.
• Taiwan’s defense ministry said a total of 21 Chinese combat planes – 17 Chengdu J-10 multirole fighters and four advanced Shenyang J-16 strike fighters – had flown into the southwestern corner of the island’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Thursday.

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March 1, 2023

• Taiwan’s defence ministry said on Wednesday that 19 Chinese J-10 fighters had flown into the southwestern corner of the island’s air defence identification zone, or ADIZ, though they remained closer to China’s coast than Taiwan’s, according to a map the ministry released of the air incursion.Six other Chinese air force planes and three Chinese navy vessels were also detected operating near Taiwan on Wednesday, but they did not enter Taiwan’s ADIZ.

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February 28, 2023

• Washington Post: Falling birthrates, the declining appeal of the military and the increasing chances of conflict mean the military has for years struggled to meet its recruitment targets. As a result, the government in December extended mandatory military service from four months to one year. Nowhere is the problem more critical than in Taiwan’s elite ranks of fighter pilots, who are dealing with near-daily incursions by Chinese warplanes.
• Taiwan is adding to its supply of modern fighter jets. When the 66 F-16s made by Lockheed Martin arrive, Taiwan will have more than 200 of the fourth-generation fighter jets, one of the region’s largest fleets. But at the current rate, Taiwan will not have enough people to fly those planes.

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February 27, 2023

• A US Navy reconnaissance jet flew over the Taiwan Strait on Monday, in a maneuver intended to assert the right to operate in international airspace despite strong objections from the Chinese military. In a statement Monday, the US 7th Fleet said the flight of the P-8A Poseidon over the waterway that separates China and the self-ruled island of Taiwan was conducted in accordance with international law, demonstrating “the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.”

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February 26, 2023

• The Chinese navy plans to recruit women and recent university graduates to become aircraft carrier-based pilots as the country faces a shortage of qualified aviators to operate its ship-borne planes.
• Brad Martin, a retired US Navy officer and senior policy researcher at the US think tank Rand Corporation, said China’s carrier aviation had progressed rapidly, but it still had a long way to go before being a reliable source of combat capability. He said observation of fleet exercises over the past two years revealed the carriers were launching relatively few sorties, and the operations were carried out with “lightly loaded aircraft”.

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February 16, 2023

• The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked 18 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Wednesday (Feb. 15) and 6 a.m. on Thursday (Feb. 16). Of the 18 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, three were spotted in Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), according to the MND. Two Shenyang J-11 fighter jets crossed the Taiwan Strait median line in the northeast sector of the ADIZ, while one Shaanxi Y-8 anti-submarine warfare plane entered the southwest corner of the zone.

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February 14, 2023

• Voice of America: Amid speculation over alleged Chinese spy balloons, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday it would shoot down any suspected military object coming close to its shores from mainland China. Maj. Gen. Huang Wen-chi, the assistant deputy chief of general staff for intelligence, told reporters that the self-governing island was on guard for any incursions, but had yet to find any that had penetrated its defenses. Balloons found so far around Taiwan were used for meteorological exploration, he said. They were relatively small and light and would burst after rising to an altitude that could be threatening. Taiwan has yet to find targets requiring a lethal response, he said.

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February 13, 2023

• The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked 18 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Sunday (Feb. 12) and 6 a.m. on Monday (Feb. 13).
• Of the 18 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, 11 were tracked in Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), according to the MND. Four Chengdu J-10 fighter planes, two Shenyang J-11 fighter jets, and two Shenyang J-16 jet fighters crossed the Taiwan Strait median line. Meanwhile, one Shaanxi Y-8 anti-submarine warfare plane, one Harbin BZK-005 reconnaissance drone, and one Z-9 anti-submarine warfare helicopter were spotted in the southwest corner of Taiwan’s ADIZ.

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February 10, 2023

• Council on Foreign Relations: Since late 2020, People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft have flown sorties into Taiwan’s self-declared Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on a near daily basis. China used the August 2022 visit to Taiwan by then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to permanently change to the status quo in the Taiwan Strait by erasing the median line, the unofficial boundary between the China and Taiwan in the Taiwan strait, and each of these categories saw a change in their previous composition as a result.
• The term ‘routine’ is not intended to normalize the PLA’s behavior around Taiwan; instead, such violations are intended to alter the status quo such that the presence of PLA aircraft is no longer novel. Assertive violations are meant to keep a consistent level of pressure on Taiwan’s armed forces. Finally, reactionary violations involve ten or more aircraft and are intended to signal Beijing’s displeasure with a geopolitical development involving Taiwan.

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February 3, 2023

• The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked 14 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Thursday (Feb. 2) and 6 a.m. on Friday (Feb. 3). Five were monitored in Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), including two Shenyang J-16 fighter jets and two Shenyang J-11 fighter planes in the southwest sector of the zone, according to the MND.

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February 2, 2023

• The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked 23 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Wednesday (Feb. 1) and 6 a.m. on Thursday (Feb. 2).
• Of the 23 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, 17 were monitored in Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), according to the MND. Two Shenyang J-11 fighter jets, one Shaanxi Y-8 anti-submarine warfare plane, one Shaanxi Y-8 electronic intelligence plane, one KJ-500 airborne early warning and control plane, and one Harbin BZK-005 reconnaissance drone were spotted in the southwest corner of the ADIZ.
• Meanwhile, eight Shenyang J-16 fighter jets either entered the southwest corner of the zone or crossed the Taiwan Strait median line. Three Sukhoi Su-30 jet fighters also crossed the median line in the northeast sector of the ADIZ.

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January 31, 2023

• The Ministry of National Defense in Taiwan said 34 Chinese military aircraft and nine naval vessels were detected near the island nation around 3 a.m. Twenty of the detected aircraft had crossed “the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan’s southwest ADIZ (Air Defense Identification Zone).”

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January 20, 2023

• The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked 31 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Thursday (Jan. 19) and 6 a.m. on Friday (Jan. 20). Of the 31 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, 12 were monitored in Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), including six Shenyang J-11 fighter jets, three Shenyang J-16 fighter jets, two Chengdu J-10 jet fighters, and one BZK-007 reconnaissance drone, according to the MND.

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January 17, 2023

• 8 PLA aircraft and 3 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+8) today. R.O.C. Armed Forces have monitored the situation and tasked CAP aircraft, Navy vessels, and land-based missile systems to respond these activities. 1 of the detected aircraft (Y-8 EW) had entered Taiwan’s southwest ADIZ, flight path as illustrated.

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January 13, 2023

• The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked seven Chinese military aircraft and three naval ships around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Thursday (Jan. 12) and 6 a.m. on Friday (Jan. 13). Of the seven People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, two were monitored in Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), including one Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet that crossed the Taiwan Strait median line in the northeast sector of the ADIZ, according to the MND. 

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January 12, 2023

• The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked 15 Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 a.m. Wednesday (Jan. 11) and 6 a.m. on Thursday (Jan. 12). Of the 15 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, six were monitored in Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), according to the MND. Two Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets and one TB-001 reconnaissance drone crossed the Taiwan Strait median line in the northeast sector of Taiwan’s ADIZ, while two Chengdu J-10 fighter jets crossed the median line in the southwest portion of the zone. Meanwhile, one Shaanxi Y-8 antisubmarine warfare plane was spotted in the southwest corner of the identification zone.

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January 11, 2023

• The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked eight Chinese military aircraft and three naval vessels around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Tuesday (Jan. 10) and 6 a.m. on Wednesday (Jan. 11). Of the eight People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, two were monitored in Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), including one Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet that crossed the Taiwan Strait median line in the northeast sector of the zone, according to the MND. Meanwhile, one Shaanxi Y-8 electronic warfare plane was tracked in the southwest corner of the ADIZ.
• So far this month, Beijing has sent 176 military aircraft and 36 naval ships around Taiwan.

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January 10, 2023

• The Ministry of National Defense said two of the detected aircraft – an SU-30 and a Y8-EW – crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, the unofficial buffer zone separating Taiwan from mainland China, and entered Taiwan’s southwest Air Defense Identification Zone. Tuesday marked the third consecutive day – and fourth over the past week – that the Chinese military has crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait.

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January 8, 2023

• Over the course of 24 hours between 6 a.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday morning, China’s People’s Liberation Army flew 57 warplanes and four ships toward Taiwan, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said in a statement Monday morning. Twenty-eight of those planes crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, an unofficial boundary that both sides had previously stood by.

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December 25, 2022

• Between 6 a.m. Sunday and 6 a.m. Monday, 47 of the Chinese planes crossed the median of the Taiwan Strait, an unofficial boundary once tacitly accepted by both sides, according to Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense. Among the planes China sent towards Taiwan were 18 J-16 fighter jets, 11 J-1 fighters, 6 Su-30 fighters and drones.

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December 21, 2022

• Between 6 a.m. Wednesday and 6 a.m. Thursday, 30 of the Chinese planes crossed the median of the Taiwan Strait, an unofficial boundary once tacitly accepted by both sides, according to Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense. Those planes flew to the island’s southwest and then horizontally all the way to the southeastern side before doubling back, according to a diagram of the flight patterns provided by Taiwan. Among the planes were 21 J-16 fighter jets, 4 H-6 bombers and two early-warning aircraft.

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December 12, 2022

• CNN: China has sent a record 18 nuclear-capable H-6 bomber aircraft into Taiwan’s air defense zone, the island’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday, as Beijing continues to step-up pressure on the self-ruled island. The 18 bombers were part of 21 total Chinese warplanes sent into Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone – a buffer of airspace commonly referred to as an ADIZ – in the 24-hour span between Monday morning and Tuesday morning, according to Taiwan’s Defense Ministry. The flights represent the largest number of H-6 sorties in a 24-hour period since Taipei began releasing daily data on Chinese fighter incursions in 2020.

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November 28, 2022

• News 18: Taiwan’s defence ministry said it detected 9 Chinese aircraft and 4 ships in its neighbourhood on Monday. The defence ministry said that the Taiwanese armed forces have monitored the situation and tasked Combat air patrol aircraft, Navy ships and land-based missile systems to respond to the Chinese move. It added that three of Chinese aircrafts had crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan’s southwest East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone or ADIZ.

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November 16, 2022

• Fox News: Several Chinese aircraft and naval vessels entered the Taiwan Strait, crossing into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone, its government announced early Wednesday morning. “5 of the detected aircraft (J-10*2, Y-8 EW, BZK-005 UAV RECCE and Y-8 ASW) had crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan’s SW ADIZ”.

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November 7, 2022

• Albawaba News: A total of 15 People’s Liberation Army warplanes and two drones crossed the median line, it said, adding that four other aircraft flew on the eastern part of the air defense identification zone.

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October 6, 2022

• CNN: Chinese fighter jets or drones that intrude into Taiwan’s territorial airspace will be regarded as a “first strike,” Taiwan’s Defense Minister warned Wednesday, as the island seeks to step-up its defenses in response to Beijing’s military pressure. “In the past, we said we won’t be the first to strike, which meant we will not fire the first shot without (China) firing artillery shells or missiles first,” Chiu Kuo-cheng said. “But now the definition has obviously changed, as China used means such as drones. So we have adjusted, and will view any crossing of aerial entities (into Taiwan’s territorial airspace) as a first strike,” Chiu said during a meeting of the Legislature’s Foreign and National Defense Committee.

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October 5, 2022

• Channel News Asia: China has destroyed a tacit agreement on military movements in the Taiwan Strait by crossing an unofficial “median line” running down the waterway, Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said on Wednesday (Oct 5). While acknowledging the end of the tacit understanding on the median line, Chiu told Taiwan’s parliament Taiwan would react if China crossed its “red line”.

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October 2, 2022

• Republic World: According to the statement released by the Taiwanese Ministry, a total of eight aircraft crossed the “median line” of the Taiwan Strait, which is considered an unofficial maritime border between the island and mainland China. The ministry confirmed that these aircraft included two J-11 and two J-16 fighter jets, unmanned aerial vehicles BZK-005 and CH-4, as well as Y-8 and Y-9 electronic-warfare aircraft.

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September 24, 2022

• Taiwan News: One unmanned drone and two planes entered the southwest sector of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ). The drone was a Harbin BZK-005, while the two planes were a Shaanxi Y-8 anti-submarine aircraft and a Shaanxi Y-8 reconnaissance plane.

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September 12, 2022

• Taipei Times: Two Shenyang J-11 fighters crossed the median line near northern Taiwan, while a KVD-001 drone crossed the line further north, it said. Separately on Sunday, a Y-8 tactical reconnaissance plane and a Guizhou BZK-007 drone entered the southwestern part of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), it added.

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• Taiwan News: The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked eight Chinese military aircraft and five naval ships around Taiwan as of 5 p.m. on Sunday (Sept. 11). Of the eight People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, three crossed the median line in the Taiwan Strait, including two Shenyang J-11 fighter jets and one KVD-001 reconnaissance drone in the northeast sector of Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), according to the MND. Meanwhile, one Shaanxi Y-8 reconnaissance plane and one BZK-007 reconnaissance drone were spotted in the southwest corner of Taiwan’s ADIZ.

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September 8, 2022

• EurAsia Times: Taiwan’s defense ministry said that 45 PLA aircraft flew around Taiwan. 25 of the detected aircraft (TB-001, SU-30*12, J-10*2, J-16*4, JH-7*4, J-11 and Y-9 CC) had flown on the east part of the median line of the Taiwan Strait and our SW ADIZ.

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September 5, 2022

• News Week: At least nine People’s Liberation Army aircraft entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on that day, the Taiwanese defense ministry said. They included two J-11 fighter aircraft, four H-6 nuclear-capable heavy bombers, two Y-8 support aircraft and an unmanned aerial vehicle

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• EurAsia Times: The military revealed the model and the drone’s flight path for the first time, claiming that another PLA drone, identified as a BZK-007, had infiltrated Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone.

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August 16, 2022

• India Today: A day after China said that it had carried out exercises near Taiwan, on August 16, Taiwan’s defence ministry said that People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft and military movements were recorded in its region. Detailing the latest alleged Chinese encroachment, Taiwan’s defence ministry shared graphics of the location of Chinese intruders and said that out of 17 PLA aircraft and five PLA vessels, 10 had flown past the ‘east part of Taiwan strait’.

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August 7, 2022

• The NY Times: The aircraft have included at least 105 fighter jets and other types of warplanes. While Taiwan has reported similar incursions into this Air Defense Identification Zone since at least 2020, the number of sorties detected in recent days has been unprecedented.

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August 4, 2022

• CNN: China fired multiple missiles toward waters near northeastern and southwestern Taiwan on Thursday, the island’s Defense Ministry said, as Beijing makes good on its promise that Taipei will pay a price for hosting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The Chinese military’s Eastern Theater Command said in a statement that multiple missiles had been fired into the sea off the eastern part of Taiwan. It said all the missiles hit their target accurately.

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August 1, 2022

• Defense View: US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, to visit Taiwan could spark one of the most perilous moments in cross-strait relations for decades, analysts have warned. Recetly Chinese govt and media warned both Taiwan and the USA regard the visit of Pelosi to Taiwan and said China may take military action if she visits Taiwan. The PLA Army decided to use PHL-16 heavy multiple launch rocket systems for strikes in the Taiwan Strait. The latter is a close analogue of the American Himars systems, however, it carries heavy 370-mm guided missiles capable of hitting targets at distances up to 220 kilometers, and according to some sources, up to 350 kilometers.

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• India Today: According to Taiwan’s defence ministry on Monday, four Chinese military planes flew into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone (ADIZ) in the southwest part. Four J-16 fighter planes made up the Chinese aircraft. 

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July 15, 2022

• India Today: Total 10 PLA aircraft comprising Y-8 ASW, Z-9 ASW, J-11, H-6, J-16, JH-7 and Y-8 EW entered Taiwan’s southwest ADIZ on July 15, registering the largest single-day intrusion in July.

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July 1, 2022

• 553 sorties flew into Taiwan’s ADIZ over the first six months of 2022.

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June 21, 2022

• The Defense Post: 29 Chinese aircraft, including 17 fighter jets and six bombers, crossed into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), Taipei’s defense ministry said.

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May 30, 2022

• The Defense Post: China has made the second-largest incursion into Taiwan’s air defense zone this year with Taipei reporting 30 jets entering the area, including more than 20 fighters.

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May 6, 2022

• Al Jazeera: China sent 18 warplanes, including fighters and bombers, into Taiwan’s air defence zone, prompting the island’s air force to scramble jets in response to the second-largest incursion so far this year.

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March 14, 2022

• Breitbart: China ordered 13 aircraft into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ). Y-8 long-distance dry aircraft 1 sortie (One Y-8 EW), J-16 aircraft 5 sorties (Five J-16), J-10 aircraft 7 sorties (Seven J-10).

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February 24, 2022

• CNN: 8 Chinese J-16 fighters and 1 Y-8 reconnaissance aircraft, which flew over an area to the northeast of the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands at the top end of the South China Sea.

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March 1, 2022

• The Diplomat: According to data from Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND), the last recorded sortie by a KQ-200 ASW-MPA into Taiwan’s ADIZ occurred on March 1, 2022 as part of an incursion that also included a KJ-500 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, a Y-8 electronic warfare (EW) aircraft, two J-16 fighter jets, and a Z-9 ASW helicopter.

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January 23, 2022

• RAND Corp: 39 advanced air assets including fighter jets, nuclear-capable bombers and surveillance and transport aircraft crossed Taiwan’s ADIZ.

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October 4, 2021

• Nikkei Asia: Taiwan’s defense ministry announced on Monday that a daily record of 56 Chinese warplanes, including 12 nuclear-capable bombers, had entered the southwest corner of its ADIZ. 

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October 3, 2021

• American Military News: On Sunday, China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) sent 16 warplanes into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), continuing a trend of daily military flights around Taiwan that has continued for months but which seen a recent uptick in intensity in recent days. The latest breach of Taiwan’s ADIZ saw 12 Chinese J-16 and Su-30 fighter jets, two Y-8 antisubmarine warfare (ASW) aircraft and two KJ-500.

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October 2, 2021

• CNN: China sent 38 warplanes into the skies around Taiwan on Friday, the highest number of Chinese military aircraft to breach the island’s Air Defense Identification Zone in a single day since Taipei began publicly reporting such activities last year. Twenty-five PLA warplanes entered the southwestern corner of the ADIZ during daylight hours, and another 13 planes entered the island’s southwest ADIZ on Friday night, the ministry said in a statement.

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October 1, 2021

• CNN: China sent 38 warplanes into the skies around Taiwan on Friday, the highest number of Chinese military aircraft to breach the island’s Air Defense Identification Zone in a single day since Taipei began publicly reporting such activities last year. 18 J-16 fighters, four Su-30 fighters, two H-6 bombers and one Y-8 anti-submarine warfare aircraft, 10 J-16s, two H-6s and one KJ-500 airborne early warning aircraft.

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July 16, 2021

• CNN: Twenty-eight Chinese military planes flew into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zones (ADIZ) Tuesday – the largest incursion since the self-ruled island began regularly reporting such actions last year. The latest Chinese mission involved 14 J-16 and six J-11 fighters, as well as four H-6 bombers, which can carry nuclear weapons, and the anti-submarine, electronic warfare and early warning aircraft.

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July 1, 2021

• 352 sorties flew into Taiwan’s ADIZ over the first six months of 2021.

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April 12, 2021

• CNN: The 25 planes dispatched by China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) forces included 14 J-16 fighter jets, four J-10 fighter jets, four H-6K bombers, two anti-submarine warfare planes and an airborne early warning and control plane.

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March 26, 2021

• Al Jazeera: Twenty Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan’s air defence identification zone on Friday, in the largest incursion reported by the island’s defence ministry. Taiwan said it was made up of four nuclear-capable H-6K bombers and 10 J-16 fighter jets, among others.

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January 24, 2021

• BBC: Taiwan has reported a “large incursion” by Chinese warplanes for the second day running, a show of force that coincides with the first days of US President Joe Biden’s term of office. Sunday’s operation involved 15 aircraft and followed a similar drill that led to a warning from Washington.

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September 25, 2020

• South China Morning Post: Taiwan has test-fired missiles off its eastern and southern coasts following military manoeuvres staged by Beijing near the self-ruled island in recent days. The Thursday night test was part of a two-day programme by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology to examine the power of missiles launched from the eastern county of Taitung and the Jiupeng military base in the island’s southernmost county of Pingtung. Another test is expected to be held on Friday night, according to the Taiwan Fisheries Agency, which warned fishermen to avoid the area.

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September 18, 2020

• The New York Times: China has fired a barrage of medium-range missiles across considerable distances into the South China Sea, Beijing’s latest move to demonstrate its strategic dominance and sovereignty over the disputed waters. The missile launches on Wednesday punctuated a series of military exercises that China has conducted this month at a time of rising tensions with the United States over its territorial claims in the South China Sea and its attempts to pressure Taiwan, the self-governing island democracy that Beijing claims as its own.

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August 26, 2020

• The Diplomat: In August, China launched several anti-ship ballistic missiles into the South China Sea. Now sources close to the Chinese military claim that the missiles did not simply fall into the sea but successfully hit a moving target ship. The South China Morning Post (SCMP) first reported that DF-21D and DF-26B anti-ship ballistic missiles were launched from separate sites on August 26 and travelled thousands of kilometers before splashing down in the South China Sea somewhere between the Paracel Islands and Hainan Island.

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