China launched its largest incursion to date into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Sunday.
to Chinese state media that suggested at least one H-6 nuclear-capable bomber and a Type 052C guided missile destroyer were involved in the exercise.
The ADIZ is a buffer zone of carefully-monitored airspace that surrounds a country’s secure national airspace. Penetrating Taiwan’s ADIZ, especially with so many military aircraft, is considered provocative but not an act of war.of the Taiwan Strait, also known as the “Davis Line” after World War 2-era American Brig. Gen. Benjamin Davis. The median line is not an officially recognized border, but it has long been treated as a “do not cross” safety buffer by both China and Taiwan.
China has been penetrating Taiwan’s ADIZ and crossing the Davis Line with increasing frequency since 2020. Over 1,700 incursions wereits “strike drills” and “combat patrols” on Sunday were a “firm response to the current U.S.-Taiwan escalation and provocation.” This was a reference to the latest U.S. defense spending bill, which included up to $10 billion in security assistance for Taiwan over the next five years and expedited arms sales to Taiwan.
President Joe Biden signed the bill into law on Friday. On Saturday, the Chinese Foreign Ministry declared it was “strongly dissatisfied and resolutely opposed” to the American defense spending bill, claiming it “ignores the facts to exaggerate a ‘China threat’, wantonly interferes in China’s internal affairs and attacks and smears the Chinese Communist party.”
The PLA stepped up its threatening activities around Taiwan throughout December as the U.S. defense bill made its way through Congress, including
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