Taiwan Reports Largest Ever Incursion by Chinese Air Force

A People's Liberation Army (PLA) H-6 bomber flies on a mission near the median line in the Taiwan Strait, which serves as an unofficial buffer between China and Taiwan on September 18, 2020. Taiwan Ministry of National Defense/via Reuters

TAIPEI—Twenty Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan’s air defence identification zone on Friday, in the largest incursion yet reported by the island’s defence ministry and marking a dramatic escalation of tension across the Taiwan Strait.

The island’s defence ministry said the air force deployed missiles to “monitor” the incursion into the southwestern part of its air defense identification zone. It also said its planes warned the Chinese aircraft, including by radio.