2023/06/24
The Ministry of National Defense issues a press release explaining that "the CCP carried out joint combat readiness cruises"
Press release of the Ministry of National Defense
Time: June 24, 2023 at 10:30
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) stated that since 08:00 on today, 24th, it had detected 19 sorties of J-10s, J-16s, and other various aircraft of the CCP, of which eight sorties crossed the median line of the Strait and came within 44 kilometers of Taiwan’s shoreline, and a total of five CCP vessels worked on joint combat readiness cruises. The Armed Forces had adopted joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance measures to stay abreast of the trends and developments of CCP vessels throughout, and dispatched mission aircraft, warships, and shore-mounted missile systems to closely monitor the situation.