A Chinese nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine surfaced in the Taiwan Strait on June 18 amid communist China’s escalating aggression in the region.
The incident was first reported by Taiwanese media outlets before it was confirmed by Taiwanese Defense Minister Wellington Koo. According to the local Liberty Times newspaper, several fishermen from Taiwan’s offshore island of Penghu were catching squid at roughly 5 a.m. local time on June 18 when they saw a Chinese submarine surface in the waters of the strait.