TAIPEI – Taiwan’s air force scrambled jets fighters on Sunday in response to renewed Chinese military activity, with its defense ministry reporting that 19 aircraft including nuclear-capable bombers had flown into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone.
The island, claimed by China, has complained for a year or more of repeated missions by the Chinese air force near the self-ruled territory, often in the southwestern part of its air defense zone near the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands.
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