Taiwan's defense ministry says 27 Chinese military aircraft and six naval vessels were operating near Taiwan over a 24-hour period ending Wednesday morning. It said 25 of the aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait median line and entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone or ADIZ.
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00:00Taiwan's defense ministry has spotted 27 Chinese military aircraft and six naval ships operating
00:07around the country in the 24 hours up to Wednesday morning.
00:10Twenty-five of those aircraft entered Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone, or ADIZ.
00:16This area is not Taiwan's airspace but acts as a buffer zone for defensive purposes.
00:21The defense ministry says two official ships were also spotted near Taiwan and it's monitoring
00:27the situation.
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