China again tries to surround Taiwan, sends 15 aircraft-naval ships near the sea border
Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said that 15 Chinese military aircraft and 8 naval ships were seen near its border on Saturday. Taiwan said that four official ships of China also arrived for surveillance during this time.
According to the statement issued by the Defense Ministry, 11 out of 15 Chinese aircraft also crossed the border between the two countries in the Taiwan Strait and reached the northern, southwestern and eastern air defense identification zones of Taiwan. In view of this action of China, Taiwan also activated the coastal missile system along with aircraft and naval ships near the border.
Taiwan says that it is monitoring the actions of China. A day earlier, i.e. on Friday, 16 Chinese aircraft and 13 naval ships, apart from two official ships were seen near the border of Taiwan. So far in December, Taiwan has seen Chinese military aircrafts 71 times near the maritime border, while its naval ships were found near the border 50 times. Since September 2020, China has increased the number of its military aircraft and naval ships near Taiwan’s maritime border.
China considers Taiwan as its part, while Taiwan considers itself a sovereign nation. So far China has not directly attacked Taiwan, but it does all this in the gray zone. This is a maneuver of the Chinese army, through which it does not wage a direct war but it shows power. Here the gray zone means that a country does not attack directly but always maintains such a fear. Instead of direct military action, many such things keep happening, which keeps the fear of attack alive.
This is what China is doing with Taiwan. China has been using the ‘gray zone’ strategy more frequently since September 2020. Experts say that the grey zone warfare strategy is actually a method to slowly weaken the opponent over a long period of time and this is exactly what China is trying to do with Taiwan.
