Taiwanese air force pilots run past an armed United States-made F-16V fighter at an air force base in Chiayi, southern Taiwan, in January 2022 [File: Sam Yeh/AFP]
Reuters: Taiwan scrambles 29 jets to warn away Chinese planes in its air defense zone
TAIPEI — Taiwan scrambled jets on Tuesday to warn away 29 Chinese aircraft in its air defense zone, including bombers that flew to the south of the island and into the Pacific, in the latest uptick in tensions and largest incursion since late May.
Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained for the past two years or so of repeated missions by the Chinese air force near the democratically governed island, often in the southwestern part of its air defense identification zone, or ADIZ, close to the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands.
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