25 Chinese airplanes intrude into Taiwanese airspace: US aircraft carrier patrols near Taiwan

Beijing/Taipei: – US State Secretary Antony Blinken had warned that an attack on Taiwan would prove to be a grave mistake for China. China has shown that it does not pay any heed to the US warning. 25 airplanes of the Chinese air force intruded into the Taiwanese airspace. This is the biggest Chinese intrusion into Taiwanese airspace. Therefore, the claims of China preparing for an attack on Taiwan are strengthening.

Since the last few days, China has intensified its military activities in the Gulf of Taiwan. Last week, Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning held war exercises in the Taiwan Strait and its fleet of destroyers. China also announced that such exercises would be held regularly in this region.

China claims that Taiwan is a sovereign Chinese territory and threatens to take it over. Chinese military officials and analysts have made announcements to that effect. In this scenario, international analysts claimed that China is issuing severe threats to Taiwan through these war exercises and announcements.

Taiwanese Foreign Minister had given a strong reaction to the Chinese threat. Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu had warned that if China attacks, Taiwan will fight the war till the very end. China had scoffed at the Taiwanese Foreign Minister’s statement and said that Taiwan would not be able to face the onslaught of the Chinese military.

Taking cognisance of the Taiwanese region’s threat, US State Secretary, Blinken, had warned China. Blinken had warned that the United States is committed to the security of Taiwan. Moreover, an attempt to change the West Pacific situation using force and attack Taiwan will be a grave mistake of China. But China demonstrated in the next few hours that it does not pay any heed to the warning issued by Blinken.

On Monday in the morning, 25 airplanes of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army carried out patrolling, intruding into the Taiwanese airspace. Taiwanese defence ministry informed that these included 14 Shenyang J-16 and four Chengdu J-10 fighter jets and four HK-6K bomber jets. Following the intrusion, Taiwan sent its fighter jets and forced the Chinese airplanes to retreat. At the same time, Taiwan also activated its missile systems.

After that, a few Chinese airplanes patrolled in the airspace of the Taiwanese Pratas Islands. China is claiming rights even on these islands located in the South China Sea. Since the last few days, China has increased the number of intrusions into the Taiwanese limits. Last week, 15 Chinese airplanes intruded into the Taiwanese airspace on Wednesday and 11 Chinese airplanes invaded on Friday.

Meanwhile, in the last few weeks, China has organised big war exercises against Taiwan and even had launched missiles in the direction of Taiwan. Taiwan also warned that it possessed missiles capable of targeting the coastal Chinese cities. Taiwan also announced the strengthening of the coastal security to counter the Chinese navy.