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[Global Network Report] According to Taiwan's "ETtoday News Cloud" on July 22, the Taiwan Defense Department released a message on the morning of the 22nd, saying that from the early morning of the 21st to the early morning of the 22nd, a total of 12 PLA military aircraft, 7 warships, and 1 official ship were "detected". The media noted that unlike in the past, according to the track map released by the Taiwan military, one of the drones "completely circled Taiwan on all four sides", while other fighter jets were mainly active west of the so-called "center line of the strait" and in the southwest airspace of Taiwan, "a rare situation of being airtight and not leaving too many gaps."

PLA fighter plane data map

According to reports, the five-day Taiwan military "Han Guang 40" exercise was conducted from the 22nd to the 26th. Prior to this, the PLA still dispatched troops to operate in the sea and airspace around the Taiwan Strait. On the morning of the 22nd, the Taiwan Defense Department said that from the early morning of the 21st to the early morning of the 22nd, a total of 12 PLA military aircraft, 7 warships, and 1 official ship were "detected".

In recent days, Taiwanese media have paid close attention to the PLA's patrol operations around Taiwan Island and have speculated on the intentions of the PLA's naval and air forces. Taiwan's China Times News reported on July 8 that the PLA recently dispatched two TB-001 reconnaissance and strike integrated "Double-Tailed Scorpion" drones for the first time in the waters east of Taiwan.

Zhang Xiaogang, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, has already responded to the PLA's training and exercises in the Taiwan Strait. Zhang Xiaogang said that there is only one China in the world, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, and there is no so-called "median line of the strait". The PLA's training and exercises in the Taiwan Strait are legitimate actions to safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests, a deterrent to external interference and provocations by "Taiwan independence" forces, and a necessary action to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. We will continue to strengthen military training and preparations, and resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.