At least one Su-30 fighter jet, similar to the one pictured, and a Y-8 surveillance plane were spotted flying close to Taiwan on Tuesday. Photo: Xinhua
SCMP: Chinese military flies Su-30 fighter jet, Y-8 surveillance plane close to Taiwan in latest show of strength
* Taipei scrambles planes, ships in response to ‘long-distance drill by various aircraft’, defence ministry says
* Exercise comes days after US Navy chief says he has not ruled out sending aircraft carrier to Taiwan Strait
Chinese military aircraft flew close to Taiwan on Tuesday as Beijing once again flexed its muscle in the region, Taipei reported.
A Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jet and a Shaanxi Y-8 transport plane, which can also be used for surveillance, from the People’s Liberation Army were among the “various military aircraft” seen flying over the Bashi Channel, a disputed waterway to the north of the Philippines, Taiwan’s defence ministry said.
“[The aircraft came] from the southern part of the Chinese mainland, and flew through the Bashi Channel and then … to the western Pacific”, it said.
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