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military drone got too close to the island. it was one of 19 chinese warplanes that entered the identification zone in between thursday and friday morning. china said it tracked a u.s. military aircraft flying through the taiwan strait, a body of water china claims as its own. cnn s will ripley is in taiwan with the story. reporter: one of the largest drones in the chinese military on a menacing mission encircling taiwan. the combat drone flew around the entire island friday, a highly provocative flight path publicized for the first time by the island s defense ministry, a brazen act on the same day a u.s. p-8 surveillance aircraft transited the taiwan strait. china scrambled fighter jets calling the fight provocative. the drone flight also came as former national security adviser john bolton was in taipei voicing support for taiwan independence. we don t know if the drone flight is connected. beijing is keeping quiet.

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