The Taiwan Army seized three continental empty air balloons.

The Taiwan election is imminent. The Taiwan Ministry of National Defense seized three in mainland China Sunday (January 7) crossing the central line of the Strait, and one of them crossed the airspace of the southern part of Taiwan for the first time.

The Taiwan National Defense Ministry of Defense reported on Monday (January 8), on Sunday at 11.54 am, 12:35 pm and 20:45 pm, to discover one of the air balloon in the mainland, andThe midline, located in the 103 nautical miles of Keelung west (1.852 kilometers), 85 nautical miles northwest of Keelung and 114 nautical miles in the west of the Pedish., Continue to the east until 12:30 noon, 14:55, and at 0:00 in the morning of Monday.

The Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan also announced that on Sunday 6 am to 6 am on Monday, the Taiwan Army seized nine sub -military aircraft and four submarine ships around the Taiwan Strait.Southwest airspace.The Taiwan Army uses the task machine, ship and shore -setting missile system to closely monitor and respond.

Since December last year, the Taiwan Army has repeatedly discovered that the mainland exploring the air balloon crossed the middle line of the Strait, of which at least five balloons flew over Taiwan's island.

The Taiwan National Defense Ministry of Defense issued a press release on Saturday (January 6), saying that the recent drifting path of the air balloon of the mainland has seriously threatened the security of multiple international channels.According to 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 early warning completed the hidden and masked deployment of anti -investigation searches. It also called on the people of Taiwan to recognize the cognitive combat techniques of the mainland and rationally calm.

According to earlier reports of Reuters, the White House National Security Council spokesperson Kobe was asked at a press conference on Thursday (January 4) that the balloon problem was unable to 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.

A spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of Mainland China, Chen Binhua, responded in writing in writing the reporter asked in writing on the same day, saying, "The mainland and Taiwan belong to the same China, and there is no so -called chan -in."Near the election, "hype the threat of the mainland, inciting cross -strait opposition and confrontation, is the common trick of the DPP."