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Posted on 02/24/2022 10:17:33 PM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Taiwan's air force scrambled again on Thursday to warn away nine Chinese aircraft that entered its air defence zone, Taiwan's defence ministry said, on the same day that Russia invaded Ukraine, a crisis being watched closely in Taipei.
Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained of regular such missions by the Chinese air force over the last two years.
The number of aircraft involved was well off the last large-scale incursion, 39 Chinese aircraft on Jan. 23, and since then, such fly-bys have been sporadic with far fewer aircraft.
The ministry said the latest mission involved eight Chinese J-16 fighters and one Y-8 reconnaissance aircraft, which flew over an area to the northeast of the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands at the top end of the South China Sea.
Taiwanese fighters were sent up to warn the Chinese aircraft and air defence missiles were deployed to "monitor the activities", the ministry said, using standard wording for how Taiwan describes its response.
Taiwan has been warily watching the Ukraine crisis, nervous that China may try to take advantage to move on the island.
While Taipei has not reported any unusual movements by Chinese forces, the government has increased its alert level.
China has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control, and routinely condemns U.S. arms sales or other shows of support from Washington.
Speaking in Beijing earlier on Thursday when asked about the new U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy, Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Tan Kefei reiterated that Taiwan was a "core issue" of China's and it would tolerate no foreign interference.
"We urge the U.S. side to recognise the high sensitivity of the Taiwan issue, stop interfering in China's internal affairs and stop playing with fire on the Taiwan issue," Tan said.
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Won’t be the first time....they’ve been dancing on the edge and over their air space for sometime now.
If China invades Taiwan, we need to sink every container ship of theirs near our coastlines immediately, and not allow any more to return. They have container sized missile launch systems, no vessel carrying anything from China could be trusted.
Taiwan may be a nuke holding country. No one, especially them have admitted it. The Ukraine got talked out of theirs by Clinton. France will sell nukes to anyone. Taiwan may not roll over for Beijing. India, Japan, and Taiwan don’t care for the Communist Chinese, definitely kinda hot over there.
I doubt any country wants nukes to actually come into this equation.....IF they do then you’ll not be talking about the revival of the Cold War.....but WW3....which is why the likely hood of that won’t happen.
For now Putin can control what’s happening in Ukraine so it doesn’t flow over into other countries as Europe/Nato/US have pretty much left Ukraine on their own. Remains to be seen how long that will hold.
Agreed. If things go hot it’ll be to the west. IMO.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Ukraine held back a few suitcase nukes. If my country was being invaded and I had access to one, I’d use it.
They’d probably sell them first.
Hopefully to someone who’d set it loose in Red Square.
At this point the Ukrainians have little to lose.
C’mon man!
This has been going on forever.
It’s a propaganda click and bait article
LOLOLOLOLOL
True.. I feel like I am reading history every day. But this isnt history. This is a fresh round of American troops and taxpayer dollars.
2 years of this, hum... that matters. Then honesty demands you cant blame biden. Darn. Truth can be hard.
The Chinese may as well act seeing as how Dr. Demento is in the white house. May never be a better time. Most of America are disgusted with the idiot.
She does that so well. The eye expressions are perfect.
Hah!
Hehehehe. Lol. Excellent.
Truth costs.
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