Taiwan scrambles fighter jets after 10 Chinese warplanes fly across the sensitive median line

June 12, 2023

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Taiwan’s defense ministry said it deployed military fighter jets, naval vessels, and missile systems after it detected 24 Chinese warplanes, 10 of which it said crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait.

The Chinese aircraft detected included J-10, J-11, J-16, and Su-30 fighters, and also H-6 bombers, according to a tweet by the defense ministry.

In the tweet, the defense ministry said that four People’s Liberation Army Navy vessels “conducted joint combat patrol” while ten aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, which separates mainland China and Taiwan— something which China says it does not recognize, per Reuters.

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