Taiwan Vice President Lai Qingde on Saturday (August 12), on the occasion of the United States visiting Paraguay and China announced the three -day military exercise.Mid -line.
According to the Freedom Times, the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan announced that from 6 am to 6 am on the 12th to 6 am, seven military planes and six warships were discovered in the Taiwan Strait.
Announcement also pointed out that during the above period, the PLA military aircraft did not Pass the middle line of the Strait and the Southwest airspace, so it was impossible to provide a trace map.
The Taiwan National Defense Ministry emphasized that the Taiwan army used the task machine, ship and shore -setting missile system to closely monitor and respond, and criticized Beijing to continue to dispatch machine ships around the Taiwan Strait to destroy the stability of the regional situation.
The Zhejiang Maritime Affairs Bureau of Mainland China issued a navigation warning early on Friday (11th), sayingExercise scope.
Reuters quoted a senior official familiar with Taiwan's security planning, saying that Beijing held a military exercise during Lai Qingde's visit to the United States, as an excuse to achieve "military intimidation" effects to Taiwanese voters and neighboring countries.