2023/11/19
The Ministry of National Defense issues a press release explaining the "joint combat readiness and patrols implemented by the CCP" (November 19, 2023)
Press release of the Ministry of National Defense
Time: November 19, 2023 at 10:10
The Ministry of National Defense (MND) stated that as of 07:00 today (19th), it had successively detected various CCP aircraft, including Cy-30MKKs, J-10s, KJ-500s, Yun-8s, and Yun-9s engaged in sea-faring activities, nine sorties of which crossed the median line and extended into the northern, central, and southwestern airspace of Taiwan in exercised with CCP warships to conduct combined combat readiness and patrols. The Armed Forces adopted joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance measures to closely monitor the situation, and dispatched mission aircraft, warships and shore-based missile systems to respond accordingly.