I couldn't find the old thread, and thought I'd start up a new one that looks at military activities on a more global stage. I think we leave out the Ukraine conflict as there's a thread that covers that.
China shows their displeasure with the US defense spending bill and the provisions for the defense of Taiwan
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/china-s...ours-1.6209026
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - China's military sent 71 planes and seven ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force directed at the self-ruled island, Taiwan's Defense Ministry said Monday, after China expressed anger at Taiwan-related provisions in a U.S. annual defence spending bill.
China's military harassment of Taiwan, which it claims is its own territory, has intensified in recent years, and the Communist Party's People's Liberation Army has sent planes or ships toward the island on a near-daily basis.
Between 6 a.m. Sunday and 6 a.m. Monday, 47 of the Chinese planes crossed the median of the Taiwan Strait, an unofficial boundary once tacitly accepted by both sides, according to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense.
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"This is a firm response to the current U.S.-Taiwan escalation and provocation," said Shi Yi, the spokesman for the PLA's Eastern Theater Command, in a statement on Sunday night. It announced that the PLA was holding joint combat patrols and joint strike drills in the waters around Taiwan.
Shi was referring to the U.S. defence spending bill, which calls China a strategic challenge. With regard to the Indo-Pacific region, the legislation authorizes increased security cooperation with Taiwan and requires expanded cooperation with India on emerging defence technologies, readiness and logistics.
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They used the J-16 which is a modified SU-27, There are two variants to it. The J-16 and the J-16D which is an electronic warfare aircraft. The article talks about J-1's but they don't exist. I think they're talking about the J-10 which is a 4th generation multirole.
They didn't include their 5th generation J-20's nor any of the H-6 strategic bombers.
The Chinese also had a carrier exercise about 500km off of Okinawa using their carrier the Liaoning formerly the Riga Kuznetsov class carrier.
While this was about China showing displeasure at increased US support for Tiawan. This was also a targeting mission where China could not only map Taiwan's and the US readiness in the Region, but to update their target lists and understand the strong and the weakspots in Taiwans air and sea defense.