China Appears To Ramp Up Balloon Operations Over Taiwan

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China appears to be changing its aerial operations tactics around the Taiwanese air defense identification zone (ADIZ), ramping up its sending of balloons across the Taiwan Strait and over the island. The Taiwanese National Defense Ministry first detected balloons on Dec. 8, 2023. The ministry also...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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