Posted on Apr 29, 2023
U.S. Navy P-8 Flies Over Taiwan Strait, Causing China to Scramble - USNI News
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China’s People’s Liberation Army scrambled fighter jets to monitor a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon that flew over the Taiwan Strait Friday, according to U.S. and Chinese statements.
The P-8A flew over the Taiwan Strait in international airspace early Friday local time, according to a U.S. Navy news release.
“The aircraft’s transit of the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” the Navy statement reads. “The United States will continue to fly, sail, and operate anywhere international law allows including within the Taiwan Strait.”
Chinese Col. Shi Yi, a spokesperson for the PLA’s Eastern Theater Command, called the aircraft’s transit “provocative.”
The P-8A flew over the Taiwan Strait in international airspace early Friday local time, according to a U.S. Navy news release.
“The aircraft’s transit of the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the United States’ commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific,” the Navy statement reads. “The United States will continue to fly, sail, and operate anywhere international law allows including within the Taiwan Strait.”
Chinese Col. Shi Yi, a spokesperson for the PLA’s Eastern Theater Command, called the aircraft’s transit “provocative.”
U.S. Navy P-8 Flies Over Taiwan Strait, Causing China to Scramble - USNI News
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..."“In the recent period, U.S. warships and planes have frequently carried out provocative actions, fully proving that the U.S. is a disruptor of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and a creator of security risks in the Taiwan Strait,” Shi said in a statement.
Two weeks ago, on April 16, the Navy sent USS Milius (DDG-69) through the strait. It was the first publicly announced Taiwan Strait transit since USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) in January, and came a week after China encircled Taiwan for a series of drills that included sorties from one of the PLAN’s aircraft carriers, USNI News previously reported.
Tensions between the U.S. and China have increased since Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen visited House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in California at the beginning of April.
At the end of February, a U.S. Navy flew a P-8A Poseidon over the Taiwan Strait, prompting criticism from the PLA."
..."“In the recent period, U.S. warships and planes have frequently carried out provocative actions, fully proving that the U.S. is a disruptor of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait and a creator of security risks in the Taiwan Strait,” Shi said in a statement.
Two weeks ago, on April 16, the Navy sent USS Milius (DDG-69) through the strait. It was the first publicly announced Taiwan Strait transit since USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) in January, and came a week after China encircled Taiwan for a series of drills that included sorties from one of the PLAN’s aircraft carriers, USNI News previously reported.
Tensions between the U.S. and China have increased since Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen visited House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in California at the beginning of April.
At the end of February, a U.S. Navy flew a P-8A Poseidon over the Taiwan Strait, prompting criticism from the PLA."
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