Chinese air force operations in the international airspace around the island have nearly tripled from the same period last year.
Taiwan began publishing details about the near-daily ADIZ intrusions in September 2020. The frequent operations, mostly off to the southwest, take place in the international airspace about 100 to 150 miles from Taipei.
On Wednesday, the Defense Ministry said Taiwan's air force had scrambled interceptors against two PLA fighters and a pair of support aircraft. The latest flights brought the number of sorties to 950 as of December 22.Taiwan considers the frequent military maneuvers a form of"gray-zone" warfare, an activity, short of war, that can exhaust the island's vastly outnumbered pilots and limited resources while also causing psychological strain on its public.
Over the weekend, PLA Navy aircraft carrier Liaoning transited the Miyako Strait into the western Pacific and it has been conducting exercises west of Taiwan for theIn its report to parliament, Taiwan's Defense Ministry said the PLA was close to achieving its anti-access and area denial capability. In wartime, China's A2/AD strategy envisions a full blockade of the Taiwan Strait and surrounding sea lanes to prevent assistance by foreign military forces, chiefly the United States.
The ministry said Taiwan would conduct active reviews of its arms acquisition to ensure alignment with concepts including asymmetric warfare and power preservation. The former refers to Taiwan's use of affordable, mobile and precise weaponry to strike at PLA vulnerabilities during an invasion scenario, while the latter speaks to the safeguarding of Taiwan's troops and weapons platforms after an initial wave of bombardment.
An American-made F-16V fighter aircraft assigned to Taiwan’s Republic of China Air Force performs an aerial maneuver during a squadron commissioning ceremony at Chiayi Air Base on November 18, 2021. In a parliamentary report on December 22, 2021, Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said the ROCAF had scrambled against more than 940 approaching Chinese military aircraft in 2021, nearly triple the previous year’s number.
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