(Taipei Comprehensive News) The empty air balloon in mainland China has recently frequently surpassed the middle line of Taiwan and even flew over Taiwan's island.The morale of the people.
The Taiwan National Defense Ministry of Defense reported on Saturday (January 6) that two empty air balloons performed the middle line of the Castle of the Strait on Friday (January 5) and continued to the northeast until they disappeared.
Since December last year, the Taiwan Army has repeatedly discovered that the mainland exploring the air balloon crossed the midline of the Strait, of which at least four balloons flew over Taiwan's island.
The Taiwan National Defense Ministry of Defense issued a press release on Saturday that the recent drifting path of the air balloon of the mainland has severely threatened the security of multiple international channels.In addition to strictly grasping the relevant developments, the Taiwan Army also notified the appropriate office of civil aviation units as soon as possible, and condemned Beijing to "disregard the safety of flying aviation, place cross -strait and international flying passengers' safety."
The Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan pointed out that after analysis and judgment, the recently discovered empty balloon is the main purpose of the gray zone tactics to try to use cognitive operations to affect the morale of the people in Taiwan;The enemy from the width "attitude completed the hidden and masked deployment of anti -investigation in early warning. It also called on the people of Taiwan to recognize the cognitive combat methods of the mainland and rationally calmly.
The Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan also emphasized that the safety of international flights is critical to passengers' lives and property safety, and calls on the mainland to stop this approach immediately to ensure the safety of regional flights.
For the balloon flying over Taiwan's island, Taiwanese military scholar Jie Zhongwan (January 5) wrote on Wind Media that this does not rule out that the mainland is testing the navigation and control system of a balloon.If this is true, even if the unit of balloons does not belong to the PLA, these technologies themselves have considerable military potential.
Chen Binhua, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of Mainland China on Thursday (January 4), responded in writing in the form of answers to reporters, "The mainland and Taiwan belong to the same China, and there is no so -called strait midline at all."Near the election, "hype the threat of the mainland, inciting cross -strait opposition and confrontation, is the common trick of the DPP."
According to Reuters, the White House National Security Council spokesman Kury was asked at a press conference on the same day that the balloon problem could not comment.However, he said that the United States supports Taiwan's democratic system and hopes to see freedom, fairness, openness, and transparent elections there. At the same time, it is also noticed that external actors may try to intervene.
