Air Force announced that it will cancel the fighter jet rushing performance next year's New Year's Day, in order to focus on "countering" the PLA fighter jet patrol. It is understood that in the past three months, the defense department of the Taiwan authorities has released a total of 70 "instant military updates" within 104 days. On about two-thirds of the days, the People's Liberation Army sent planes to challenge the so-called "air defense identification zone" announced by the Taiwan authorities, and the Taiwan Air Force is no longer busy.
People's Liberation Army Military Aircraft (Data Photo)
According to media reports on the island, Qixingtan Seaside, an important tourist spot in Hualien County, Taiwan Province, happens to be the extension of the runway of the Air Force Base. In order to cooperate with the local government's New Year's Eve activities, the Fifth Air Force corps stationed in the local air force have sent F-16 fighter jets to take off at New Year's Day in recent years. Other counties and cities have also asked the Taiwan military to support the Fireworks Festival, Professional Baseball kickoff, Lantern Festival and other activities to perform. However, this year, the Taiwan Air Force announced in advance that it would not cooperate with New Year's Day activities in various places.
The People's Liberation Army has recently sent military aircraft to patrol Taiwan. Taiwan responded passively and sent more interception and surveillance aircraft, about 2.13 times that of mainland military aircraft. Not only the Air Force, but also the Taiwan Navy and other branches of the army have also been dispatched intensively. Lieutenant General Jiang Zhengguo, deputy logistics chief of the Taiwan Army's "General Staff Headquarters", pointed out that according to the regional situation, it is estimated that the maintenance budget of the three armies will increase by 2 billion NT$3 and fuel expenses will increase by 1 billion next year.
For mainland military aircraft cruise around Taiwan, the spokesperson for the PLA Eastern Theater Command once pointed out that Taiwan and its affiliated islands are a sacred and inseparable part of China's territory. The Chinese military's combat readiness cruise is completely legitimate and legal, and is a necessary action taken in response to the current security situation in the Taiwan Strait and the need to safeguard national sovereignty. The theater troops have the determination and ability to defeat all "Taiwan independence" separatist activities, resolutely defend national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, and resolutely safeguard peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
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