Taiwan detects 21 Chinese warplanes, defence ministry says it will ‘respond accrodingly’

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According to the defence ministry, the 21 aerial objects detected Saturday included J-16 fighter jets and Y-8 medium-range transport aircraft, as well as drones Taiwan yet again detected Chinese warplanes in the island’s airspace on Saturday, just a month before Taipei’s May 20 inauguration of incoming president Lai Ching-te. “17 aircraft (of the 21) crossed the median line and its extension, entered our northern, central, and southwestern (air defence identification zone), and joined PLA vessels for joint combat patrol,” it said in a statement posted on X around 11:30 am. Soon after the incident, Taiwan’s Defence Ministry said they “are...