Taiwanese military threatened to respond China with a counter attack.
A senior Taiwan military official claimed that if Chinese forces enter the island, Taiwanese forces will launch a counterattack.
With the escalation of tension between Taiwan and China, a senior official of the General Staff of the Taiwan Armed Forces announced on Wednesday night, Tehran time, that if the Chinese armed forces enter the island, they will use their right to defend and counterattack.
According to “Reuters” news agency, Taiwanese military officials said that intense Chinese military patrols near Taiwan continue.
Based on this, the Ministry of Defense of Taiwan announced that it has identified 62 fighter planes and 7 warships of the Chinese army around Taiwan. (More details)
In a press conference, Lin Wenhuang, deputy director of operations of the General Staff of the Taiwan Armed Forces, said, “If aircraft and ships enter within 12 nautical miles of our maritime and air territory, the military has the right to defend and counterattack without exception.”
The military will use the same right to retaliate against Chinese drones that did not heed warnings to leave Taiwanese territory after the threat, Lin Wenghang added.
Meanwhile, “Zhao Lijian”, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, repeated Beijing’s position on Taiwan in a press conference on Wednesday. In this press conference, he called Taiwan one of the “provinces of China” and said that there is no such thing as Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense.
In another related event, Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense announced on Wednesday evening Tehran time that the island’s defense unit had fired warning shots at a number of Chinese drones. Defense units of Taiwan’s army stationed on Kinmen Island shot at the Chinese drone three times in different places on Wednesday evening local time.
These civilian drones flew near Liyu, Dadan and Kaoyu islands around 6:00 pm local time. Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense announced that the forces stationed on the islands fired at these drones to warn, and following this incident, the Chinese drones quickly left the area and flew to “Xiamen” in China.
