China sends largest incursion ever into Taiwan air space, Taiwan asks for help preparing for war

Communist China sent 52 military planes from its air force into Taiwanese air space on Monday, the largest incursion ever by China, which comes after Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration said in a statement at the start of the week that it was “very concerned” about China’s repeated provocative military actions toward Taiwan.

“Since Friday, when China marked its national day, the country has embarked upon a massive ramping up of its missions, with almost 150 aircraft flying into the defense zone over the space of four days,” Reuters reported. “Taiwanese fighter jets scrambled to warn away the Chinese planes, while missile systems were deployed to monitor them.”

Taiwan’s military reported that China sent the following military aircraft into its airspace on Monday:

• 34 J-16 sorties (Thirty four J-16)
• Su Kai-30 aircraft 2 sorties (Two SU-30)
• Y-8 anti-submarine aircraft 2 sorties (Two Y-8 ASW)
• Air Police-500 aircraft 2 sorties (Two KJ-500 AEW&C)
• H-6 12 sorties (Twelve H-6)

“The defense of Taiwan is in our own hands, and we are absolutely committed to that,” Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu told Australia’s ABC. “If China is going to launch a war against Taiwan we will fight to the end, and that is our commitment. I’m sure that if China is going to launch an attack against Taiwan, I think they are going to suffer tremendously as well.”