Taiwan’s military repelled several Chinese fighter jets that crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait that separates the island from the mainland.
The incursion comes amid a visit by U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) to Taiwan, which the Chinese communist regime condemned.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense said that its air force “forcefully expelled” the intruders and deployed ground-to-air missiles while monitoring the situation.
The ministry also said that the Chinese aircraft acted deliberately and provocatively, in a manner that “has seriously damaged regional peace and stability.”
The median line, also known as the Davis Line, is the midpoint in the Taiwan Strait that forms an unofficial maritime buffer between China and Taiwan. While China’s military regularly incurs into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone, direct crossings over the median line are less frequent. Such incidents have occurred a number of times since 1999, however….