Taiwan Says Chinese Military Drone Entered Air Defense Zone


Source: thedefensepost.com thedefensepost.com

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Taiwan said a Chinese military reconnaissance drone entered its air defense zone on Monday, the latest incursion as relations between the two neighbors remain tense. The drone, identified by Taipei's defense ministry as a BZK-007 vehicle, crossed into the southwest corner of the island's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) along with eight Chinese warplanes. Taiwan's ADIZ is much larger than its airspace and overlaps with part of China's ADIZ and even includes some of the mainland. China has dramatically increased incursions into Taiwan's southwestern ADIZ over the last two years, but the use of military drones is rare. The last...