TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Ministry of National Defense tracked four Chinese military aircraft, six naval vessels, and four official ships around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Sunday and 6 a.m. on Monday.
Three of the four People’s Liberation Army aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait median line in the country’s northern air defense identification zone, according to the MND.
So far this month, Taiwan has tracked Chinese military aircraft 171 times and ships 387 times. Since September 2020, China has increased its use of gray zone tactics by incrementally increasing the number of military aircraft and naval vessels operating around Taiwan.
Gray zone tactics are defined as “an effort or series of efforts beyond steady-state deterrence and assurance that attempts to achieve one’s security objectives without resort to direct and sizable use of force.”
