China regularly breaches Taiwanese airspace, but rarely with such a large number of aircraft
David Axe, Forbes: Those Bombers China Sent Toward Taiwan? They Were A Dress Rehearsal For War
Three days after President Joe Biden took office, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force sortied a powerful formation of new H-6K bombers toward Taiwan.
The same day, the U.S. Navy sailed the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and her escorts into the South China Sea.
The timing wasn’t a coincidence. The bombers—which are compatible with YJ-12 anti-ship missiles—were training for strikes on carriers such as Roosevelt, Chinese state media explained.
But in probing Taiwan’s air-defense identification zone, the twin-engine bombers also were preparing for an equally important role—lobbing missiles at Taiwanese forces in preparation for an amphibious assault on the island.
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WNU Editor: Expect more of these Chinese military drills in the near future.
