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IT's ON! :: Nearly Two Dozen Chinese Military Aircraft Violate Taiwan's Airspace
2021-09-07
[Breitbart] China deployed 19 military aircraft to Taiwan on Sunday, where the air fleet subsequently penetrated the southwestern corner of the island’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) confirmed.

China’s People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) dispatched "10 Shenyang J-16 fighter jets, four Xian H-6 bombers, four SU-30 fighters, and one Shaanxi Y-8 anti-submarine warfare plane (Y-8 ASW)" to Taiwan’s ADIZ on September 5, Taiwan News reported.

"Taiwan’s Air Force responded by scrambling fighter jets to drive the planes away, broadcasting radio warnings, and tracking the aircraft with land-based anti-aircraft missiles," according to the newspaper.

ADIZ refers to "an area of airspace over land or water in which the ready identification, location, and control of all aircraft ... is required in the interest of national security," according to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.

Taiwan is a sovereign island nation located off the southeastern coast of China. Beijing considers Taiwan a renegade province and has vowed to "reunify" the island with mainland China by force if necessary. Taiwan operates successfully as an independent country with its own government and military. The relatively small island is extremely valuable as its Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. manufactures nearly all of the world’s microchips. Taiwan’s unparalleled semiconductor industry means the island is highly coveted by Beijing.

China’s PLA has increasingly deployed military aircraft to violate Taiwan’s ADIZ over the past year in an effort to intimidate the island. The incursions have seemed nearly incessant at times.

"Chinese planes were tracked in Taiwan’s identification zone 22 times in April, 18 times in March, 17 times in February, and 27 times in January," Taiwan News noted in May, citing MND data. The newspaper made the observation while reporting on Taiwan’s seventh ADIZ penetration by Chinese PLA aircraft that month alone.

China’s latest violation of Taiwan’s ADIZ on September 5 "marked the third consecutive day that the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) had dispatched two or more aircraft into the zone, with four planes deployed on both Friday and Saturday (Sept. 3-4)," Taiwan News reported on Sunday.

Taiwan’s military should monitor future air incursions by China’s PLA "for the possible inclusion of the new J-16D, which is designed for electronic warfare," Taiwanese military scholar Su Tzu-yun told the Singapore-based news agency CNA on September 5.

"[T]he J-16D is believed to have capabilities similar to the Boeing EA-18G Growler in that it can suppress ground and sea air defense systems and jam radar systems," according to Su.
With the Biden Admin bought and paid for by the Chinese, taking Taiwan is now or never. This was a probe of Taiwan's defenses.
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Posted by:Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589

#21  I'm sure Joe will respond with some mumbling ass speech about , hell who knows?
Posted by: Chris   2021-09-07 20:30  

#20  But if you put a bunch of sorties in the air, many of some size, then send a capable force that could have tactical WMD, you have to up the capabilities, warming up mainforce elements and offering the systems signatures for target mapping.

It's also a good range test.
If the Chinese can't passively see the Taiwan 19 bombers from their AWACS then the RAM is smooth.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-09-07 18:28  

#19  Who will be next. Should they crumble China will repeat as often as they think they can get away with it. China is always a bad neighbor. Obama-Biden red lines that move.
Posted by: Dale   2021-09-07 17:55  

#18  Israel spends more money on defense than Taiwan both in % and absolute terms, and all it's worried about is a bunch of Arabs. The Taiwanese haven't been serious about defense for decades, ever since their defense budget crashed even as its Chinese counterpart skyrocketed. Check out this chart, which is plotted in 1992 constant dollars (i.e. adjusted for inflation):




They're obviously well-prepared - to fight it out to the last dead American.

Posted by: Zhang Fei   2021-09-07 17:20  

#17  ^ I recall that before the October War, the Egyptians would practice running up to the Suez as a 'training' operation for bridging. When the Israelis got compliant, the stage was set for the real jump.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-09-07 15:52  

#16  The problem with China going fully kinetic is that what the CCP wants is not the piece of dirt we call Taiwan, but the crown jewels of the Taiwanese economy, intact. For example, Taiwan Semi has the largest chip foundry in the known universe, and whoever controls it can strangle a lot of nations -- like us-- who depend on Taiwan Semi's chips. So if the CCP conquers Taiwan but destroys Taiwan Semi in the process, or scatters Taiwan Semi's hyper-skilled workers, the CCP gets bragging rights but misses the main objective. The CCP strategy has to be to coerce Taiwan into surrender by means short of all-out war. If I were Taiwan, I'd have every factory ready to blow, and make sure the CCP knows it.
Posted by: Matt   2021-09-07 15:51  

#15  #9 Jy Vra Vir Moeilikheid!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-09-07 15:40  

#14  /\ Plausible enough. Perhaps they're hoping that a devastating initial strike would be followed up by a speedy capitulation, thus making any external response impossible.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-09-07 15:20  

#13  The size of the force tells you a lot about what is coming. Probing the ADIZ (Air Defense Interdiction Zone or whatever is now used) will not get a good systems signature when it is obvious it is only a probe, OPSEC to keep mainforce capabilities offline is normal. But if you put a bunch of sorties in the air, many of some size, then send a capable force that could have tactical WMD, you have to up the capabilities, warming up mainforce elements and offering the systems signatures for target mapping. Even if the systems are mobile, they are now defined and other assets that have 24/7 overwatch from the very high ground can now map wherever you send them. This seems to be much more serious as the credibility of the Biden Doctrine is now risible.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2021-09-07 13:50  

#12  If they buzz instead of attack, they might be waiting to see how Joe responds.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2021-09-07 13:06  

#11  /\ Excellent point and question. The Biden window of opportunity will not always remain open.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-09-07 12:26  

#10  But why now? You don't knock over the chess board if you're winning the game.
Posted by: Matt   2021-09-07 12:23  

#9  /\ Not if the Taiwanese ports were at the very top of the targeting or invasion lists. Excellent observation however, excellent indeed. Acorn and blind sow metaphor applies.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-09-07 12:09  

#8  Aren't most of China exports go through Taiwan?
Wouldn't a war disrupt this?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-09-07 11:55  

#7  Didn't Japan and Taiwan/Taipei/Formosa just sign an mutual defense agreement for just this purpose?
Posted by: Unosh Hupinelet8756   2021-09-07 11:54  

#6  Might want to re-think that. hurry.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-09-07 11:51  

#5  You know all that state of the art weaponry you been pushing to sell to Taiwan? Might want to re-think that.
Posted by: ed in texas   2021-09-07 10:26  

#4  China sends 19 nuclear bombers and fighter jets into Taiwan’s airspace for ‘invasion’ war games in Beijing's latest show of force
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-09-07 09:38  

#3  Germany’s new ambassador to China & top Merkel adviser, Jan Hecker, dies suddenly just 2 weeks after taking up Beijing post
Posted by: Injun Shereng5116   2021-09-07 09:23  

#2  WWJD? What will Japan do?
Posted by: Grunter   2021-09-07 03:04  

#1  Yeee Haaaa!!!! Let the Chinese GAMES BEGIN...
Posted by: Slusock Ulomosing7989   2021-09-07 00:11  

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