The Ministry of Defense states today the 22^nd that this morning the People’s Republic had the H-6, Y-8, Tu-154, Ilyushin II-78, Su-30 models of aircraft in the air and that they have crossed our airspace and have flown through Bashi Channel to the western Pacific to undertake in cross-island-chain long-haul training exercise.

The Ministry would like to stress that Minister Feng Shih-Kuan was at the Legislative Yuan to respond to inquiries and that Communist movement was being continually monitored. Armed Forces are on full alert and ready to react to any suspicious Communist aircraft activity detected. Nationals need not worry for the safety of our homeland is fully guarded.