Chinese military UAV approaches Taiwan airspace

Taiwan reported on a Chinese military reconnaissance and strike drone having approached its airspace.

According to the Taiwan News, the country’s defence ministry also tracked nine Chinese military aircraft and four naval vessels around Taiwan between November 27 and 28.

The Chinese drone, belonging to the CH-4 type, crossed the Taiwan Strait median line in the northeast sector of the air defence identification zone (ADIZ) while one Shaanxi Y-8 electronic warfare plane and one Shaanxi Y-8 anti-submarine warfare plane were monitored in the southwest corner of the zone.

As the publication noted, Taiwan sent aircraft and naval ships in response and used land-based missile systems to monitor the Chinese aircraft and vessels.

It is another episode in a string of increased tension between Taipei and Beijing, with the former having sent 439 military aircraft and 94 naval ships around the island only in this month.

Caliber.Az recalls the latest event of similar nature occurred on November 26.