As part of the important deployment of Joint Sword 2024A of the Chinese Armed Forces around the island of Taiwan, the Navy and Air Force of the People’s Liberation Army sent the most modern ships and aircraft in the ranks to simulate patrols of air combat and attack on objectives.
Taking into account the monitoring that is being carried out on this relevant deployment of China around the island of Taiwan, and other archipelagos, images and videos that circulated through Open Information Sources (OSINT) showed the various media of the Eastern Theater Command that They moved in all directions, and especially near the Strait of the island.
In this framework, with the maneuvers underway, the Eastern Theater Command of the People’s Liberation Army published a series of messages illustrating the J-20 stealth fighter, the J-16 multipurpose fighter, the Type guided missile destroyer 052D, the Type 071 integral landing ship, the DF-16A short-range ballistic missile and the long-range multiple launch rocket system.
But so far, the presence of 49 aircraft has been confirmed around the island of Taiwan, of which 35 entered the air defense identification zone (ADIZ), and then 19 Navy vessels, 16 Coast Guard vessels. From a Taiwan news agency, and various open information sources (OSINT), it was confirmed that the presence of: J-16 fighters, the H-6 bomber, two Xian JH-7A fighter-bombers, the Luyang III missile destroyer the Type 052D class, the Type 054A class frigate Nantong (533), the Type 05D guided missile destroyer Shaoxing (134), and Chinese Coast Guard vessels.
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