Flight of 33 Chinese military aircraft around Taiwan
Continuing the show of power to Taiwan, the Chinese military sent 33 aircraft and a number of warships around the island on Saturday. |
According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday that it has detected 33 military aircraft and several Chinese warships around the island.
according to “Agence France-Presse” This is China’s biggest military show to the island of Taiwan since the election.
Taiwan is considered a part of China that has separatist claims; Claims that the countries of the world and the United Nations do not recognize.
Military analysts believe that the purpose of China’s military exercises is to break the morale of Taiwan, to tire The pilots and military personnel of this island and their equipment wear and tear.
In the statement of the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan, it is stated that 33 Chinese military aircraft and 7 naval ships These countries have been identified around Taiwan. It is stated in this statement: “13 of these planes crossed the middle line of the Taiwan Strait.”
Taiwan announced that the armed forces of The island monitored the situation and used air patrol planes, naval ships and missile systems to evade the Chinese planes and warships. 2 Chinese balloons were also detected crossing the important strait of Taiwan.
An official of Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense said that in order to survive air attacks and China’s missile, the runways of the country’s 7 military airports will be widened.
This Taiwanese source said that ministry officials and American advisers after reviewing military data They decided to increase the runways of the airports to 60 meters.
Taiwan Air Force has about 70,000 troops and more than 400 war planes. These include 18 F-5 fighters, 60 French-made Mirage-2000 fighter jets and more than 100 indigenous fighters, however, Taiwan’s air force is hardly able to match its Chinese counterpart. China’s naval air force has a fleet of 1,700 warplanes.
According to this Taiwanese official, in a Chinese war scenario, Taiwan’s air bases They will be targeted.
This informed source said: “If the airport runways are hit by missiles or other weapons during the war, it is possible The take-off and landing operations will be paralyzed, so we must be ready.”
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