The CCP harasses peace across the Taiwan Strait and conducts 29 military aircraft "police patrols" in the first half of the day

Late last year, the Chinese military released footage of the Chinese Communist Party’s J-16 fighter jets being monitored through the F-16 fighter’s “sniper” pod. (File photo, provided by the Ministry of National Defense)

[Reporter Fang Wei-li/Report from Taipei] Taiwan’s nine-in-one local election is approaching, and China continues to exert military pressure and gray zone harassment on Taiwan. The Ministry of National Defense said today (12th) that since 9:38 a.m., it has successively detected 29 sorties of various types of communist military aircraft, cooperating with communist ships to carry out the "joint combat readiness police patrol" unilaterally declared by China, and harassing our surrounding sea and airspace.

The Ministry of National Defense issued a press release at 2:20 pm today stating that since 9:38 a.m., it has successively detected 29 sorties of main and auxiliary fighter aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of various types including the Chinese Communist Party’s J-10, J-16, JH-7, Air Police 500, and Tanker 20 out to sea. Among them, 22 sorties crossed the center line and its extension line and entered our northern, central, southwest and eastern airspace.

The Ministry of National Defense pointed out that the common aircraft and the common ships, under the guise of the so-called "joint combat readiness patrol", harassed our surrounding air and sea areas. The Chinese military uses joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance methods to closely monitor the situation, and dispatches mission aircraft, ships and shore-based missile systems to respond appropriately.