10 Chinese warplanes enter Taiwan's ADIZ
04/05/2021 09:18 PM
File photo courtesy of the Ministry of National Defense.
Taipei, April 5 (CNA) A total of 10 Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Monday, including bombers and fighter jets, the Ministry of National Defense (MND) said in a report later that day.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft involved in the mission were four J-16 multi-role fighters, four J-10 multi-role fighters and one Y-8 anti-submarine plane, as well as one KJ-500 airborne early warning and control plane, according to the MND.
The anti-submarine plane flew all the way into airspace southeast of Taiwan, while the others limited themselves to the airspace southwest of Taiwan, between Taiwan and the Taiwanese-controlled Dongsha Islands, an MND chart showed.