Minnie Chan, South China Morning Post: Has Beijing just put the finishing touches to its battle plan to take back Taiwan?
Besides Wednesday’s live-fire naval drill in the Taiwan Strait, the PLA has been flying fighter jets and bombers close to the self-ruled island - possible signs of a coordinated battle plan, say experts.
Recent patrols by China’s air force in and around Taiwan appear to be part of a coordinated strike plan across different branches of Chinese military that will encompass the entire area - possibly as preparation for military conflict with the self-ruled island - experts have said.
The air force conducted several “island encirclement” patrols in and around Taiwan in recent days, the People’s Liberation Army said on Thursday - one day after the mainland’s navy carried out a live-fire drill in the Taiwan Strait.
Song Zhongping, a former member of the PLA’s Second Artillery Corps, said that although the live-fire drill appeared smaller than expected, that was probably down to the fact that it was part of a wider mission.
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WNU Editor: I am sure that the Chinese military have multiple plans on what to with Taiwan in the event of war, and are updating it all the time.
