2023/09/18
The Ministry of National Defense issues a press release explaining reports that "the total of CCP aircraft sorties has recently reached a new high"
Press release of the Ministry of National Defense
Time: September 18, 2023 at 09:10
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) stated today (18th) that as of the morning of September 17th to 18 th, it had detected a total of 103 sorties of CCP aircraft engaged in sea-faring activities – a recent high posing a critical challenge to the Taiwan Strait and regional security. The Armed Forces is adhering to the attitude of "preparing for war, but not inviting war" and is responding calmly, following the directive of "combat in the background, focus on training." The Armed Forces has also adopted the mindset of "the battlefield is everywhere" to help bolster the belief of training regularly to enhance defensive combat capabilities.
The MND emphasized that peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait is paramount to the security, prosperity, and wellbeing of the Indo-Pacific region, and is the collective responsibility of all parties in the region. Such continuous military harassments by the CCP can easily lead to a sharp increase in tension and diminish regional security. As such, we should like to call upon the Beijing authorities to take their due responsibility and immediately halt such destructive unilateral actions.