Taiwan’s military will take measures to shoot down Chinese balloons if they pose a threat to national security, a defense official said on Feb. 13, amid mounting military threats posed by China’s communist regime.
In an interview with Bloomberg, defense ministry spokesperson Sun Li-fang said that Taiwan will adopt appropriate measures to new threats, “including shooting threats down, according to the level of concern.”
“The ministry has rules in terms of response and will continue revising the rules in a timely manner to respond to new threats such as balloons,” Sun told the news outlet.
Beijing has flown “dozens” of balloons across Taiwan’s airspace in recent years, and such incursions have occurred at least once a month, the Financial Times reported, citing senior Taiwanese officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity….