China will stage a Sept 3 parade to mark 80 years since WW2’s end, with tens of thousands taking part and the PLA showcasing its most advanced military hardware.
According to Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence, of the 20 aircraft, 13 crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered the northern, central, eastern and southwestern ADIZ.
In response, the island nation activated costal missile systems, deployed patrol aircraft and naval vessels and accused China of ‘harassing’ its airspace and waters.
The US State Department, additionally, approved the potential sale to Taiwan of about $265 million worth of command, control, communications, and computer modernization equipment.
Taiwan's defense ministry has claimed that China set up seven 'temporary reserved' airspace zones to the east of its eastern Fujian and Zhejiang provinces.
The potential for China to use balloons for spying became a global issue last year when the United States shot down what it said was a Chinese surveillance balloon.
Taiwanese President in a speech had said Beijing & Taipei are not 'subordinate' to each other & that he's 'determined to defend' Taiwan's 'national sovereignty', drawing China's ire.
By Ben Blanchard and Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) -China's military launched a new round of war games near Taiwan on Monday, saying it was a warning to the "separatist acts of Taiwan independence forces
India’s hills are caught in a time warp of repeating disasters. It’s a sign for the authorities leading the lofty development plans that have become the fulcrum of the tourism economy.
A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.
Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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