Taiwan Reports 11 Chinese Aircraft in Defense Zone

Taiwan Reports 11 Chinese Aircraft in Defense Zone
Chinese J-15 fighter jets being launched from the deck of the Liaoning aircraft carrier during military drills in the Yellow Sea, off China's east coast, on Dec. 23, 2016. STR/AFP/Getty Images
Reuters
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Eleven Chinese air force aircraft entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone on Friday, including eight fighter jets, the island’s defense ministry said.

Taiwan has complained over the last few months of repeated missions by China’s air force near the island, concentrated in the southwestern part of its air defense zone near the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands.