Chinese military plane crosses into Taiwan’s ADIZ


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Thu, Dec 31, 2020 page3 Chinese military plane crosses into Taiwan’s ADIZ Staff writer, with CNA A Chinese Y-8 military aircraft on Tuesday entered Taiwan’s southwest air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the 19th such incursion this month, the Ministry of National Defense said. The Y-8 anti-submarine variant entered the airspace between southwest Taiwan and the Pratas Islands (Dongsha Islands, 東沙島) in the South China Sea, a chart provided by the ministry showed. In response to the incursion, Taiwan’s air force scrambled jets to monitor the Chinese aircraft, issued radio warnings and mobilized air defense assets until it left the ADIZ,...