Taiwan denounces incursion of 21 Chinese military aircraft into its airspace


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Taiwan's Air Force Command announced Wednesday that a total of 21 Chinese military aircraft reportedly invaded its airspace on Tuesday, the day U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in the country. Specifically, ten J-16 fighters, eight J-11 fighters, one KJ-500 airborne early warning and control aircraft, one Shaanxi Y-9 reconnaissance aircraft and one Shaanxi Y-8 aircraft crossed the Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ), the Ministry of Defense said in a statement. The Taiwanese Air Force, in response, reportedly sent an air patrol in order to drive out the Chinese military aircraft, while also implementing pursuit monitoring of its anti-aircraft missiles....