August 7, 2022
Shows of force near the islands of Taiwan and Japan
Over the past five days, China has sent military aircraft and drones to areas near Taiwan and Japan’s westernmost islands as part of its attempt to intimidate Taiwan and the United States.
Taiwan’s military reports that Chinese military aircraft have entered what it calls the “Air Defense Identification Zone” or crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait at least 131 times during this time.
Chinese military aircraft infiltrated
Report of aircraft entering Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone or crossing the median line of the Taiwan Strait, August 2-6.
Chinese military aircraft
Taiwan’s
Air defense identification zone
Taiwan Strait median line
Chinese military training ground
Chinese military aircraft
Taiwan’s
Air defense identification zone
Taiwan Strait median line
Chinese Army
gym area
Source: Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan According to the New York Times
The aircraft already includes at least 105 fighters and other types of fighter aircraft. While Taiwan has reported similar incursions into this airspace since at least 2019, the number of detected sorties in recent days is unprecedented.
Increase the number of intrusions
The number of Chinese military aircraft entering Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone or crossing the Taiwan Strait median line is 7 days on average.
China announces military drills.
China announced
military exercises.
Source: Ministry of National Defense of Taiwan According to the New York Times
Japan’s Ministry of Defense reported multiple flights of Chinese military drones near Miyakojima, one of Japan’s westernmost islands, on Aug. 4. This is just two days after Japan reported reported that at least five Chinese missiles landed in their exclusive economic zone.
Chinese drones near Japanese islands on August 4
Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone
Chinese military training ground
Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone
Chinese military training ground
Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone
Chinese military training ground
Source: Ministry of Defense of Japan According to the New York Times
The Chinese military said in a statement on saturday that military exercises in the seas and airspace north, east and southwest of Taiwan are aimed at testing land and sea strike capabilities. State media have pointed out that the actions could mark a new pattern of more frequent and aggressive incursions.
August 4, 2022
Chinese rocket landed near Taiwan and in Japan’s economic zone
At least 11 Chinese missiles landed in waters north, south and east of Taiwan on Thursday. The People’s Liberation Army claims that its missiles “all hit their targets accurately,” even as Japan says five of the missiles landed within its exclusive economic zone.
Japan’s Defense Ministry described the paths of nine of the missiles, including five that Japan says landed in its exclusive economic zone – the first time a missile has landed in the area. that sea.
Approximate missile paths
Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone
Five rockets fell in this area
Almost right
missile line
Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone
Five rockets fell in this area
Source: Ministry of Defense of Japan According to the New York Times
August 2, 2022
Where China is planning military exercises
Shortly after Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plane landed in Taiwan late Tuesday, China announced it would hold military exercises in an area that appeared to encroach on Taiwan’s territorial waters, even closer to Taiwan than similar areas were announced during the Taiwan Strait Crisis in the mid-1990s.
Taiwan’s territorial waters
The drills will be held in areas less than 10 miles off the coast of Taiwan.
Taiwan’s territorial waters
The drills will be held in areas less than 10 miles off the coast of Taiwan.
Taiwan territory
too much water
The drills will be held in areas less than 10 miles off the coast of Taiwan.
Source: Xinhua News Agency; 1995-96 military exercise area from the Australian National University; The maritime boundary represents Taiwan’s territorial claims from the Flanders Maritime Institute (2019). According to the New York Times
In a statement carried by state news agency Xinhua, China warned ships and planes not to enter these areas for “security reasons”. One of the planned drill areas appears to be less than 12 kilometers from Kaohsiung, a southern port city, according to a map released by Xinhua.
