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title: "21 Chinese military planes flew into #Taiwan’s ADIZ"
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date: 2022-08-02
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# 21 Chinese military planes flew into #Taiwan’s ADIZ

Taiwan's defence ministry says 21 Chinese military planes flew into the island's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday.

21 PLA aircraft (J-11*8, J-16*10, KJ-500 AEW&C, Y-9 EW and Y-8 ELINT) entered [#Taiwan](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Taiwan?src=hashtag_click)’s southwest ADIZ on August 2, 2022.

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PLA Eastern Theater Command to hold joint military ops around Taiwan, with joint maritime and air drills in N, SW,SE of island, long-range artillery shooting in Taiwan Straits, & conventional missile test firing in sea regions E of island starting Tue night.

J-20 stealth fighter jets join PLA drills surrounding Taiwan.