A Chinese anti-submarine patrol plane entered Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone on Thursday as the country celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival. The incursion into the zone comes amid heightened cross-strait tensions.
The defense ministry says it responded by deploying planes to intercept, issuing radio warnings, and mobilizing air surveillance assets.
The incursion was the ninth of its kind by Chinese military planes since September 16.
According to defense ministry data, the largest number of Chinese incursions took place on September 19. That day, 19 Chinese military aircraft either crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait or entered Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone.
