U.S. Intercepts Taiwan Strait, China Sends Warships and Bombers

Chinese navy sends battleships and bombers jets to intercept the u.s destroyer in the taiwan strait. The people's liberation army (PLA) eastern theater command on saturday said it has dispatched naval and air forces to conduct joint patrols and combat exercises in the waters and airspace southwest of taiwan after a u.s warship transited the taiwan straits to provoke china concerning its sovereignty over the island again on friday. Tthe official website of the us seventh fleet released a statement on friday that said a u.s warship the Airleigh Burke Class Guided Missile Destroyer USS Berry sailed through the Taiwan straits.

The PLA eastern theater command spokesperson senior Colonel Xi Yi said on saturday that the pla has organized troops to follow, supervise and monitor the u.s ship throughout its passage in the Taiwan straits. These frequent provocations fully prove that the u.s is undermining the peace and stability of the Taiwan straits and creating risks in the region. The troops of the command theater remain on high alert all the time and will firmly safeguard the security of national sovereignty and the peace and stability of the region. 

She said in a statement released by the PLA eastern theatre command also on friday the pla eastern theatre command dispatched naval and air forces including combat vessels early warning aircraft and bombers to conduct joint patrols and combat exercises in the waters and airspace southwest of Taiwan Island she said on saturday. The actions are intended to improve the integrated joint combat capabilities of the troops under the pla eastern theater command and the actions will be normalized according to the situation of the taiwan straits and the requirements for safeguarding national sovereignty the spokesperson noted.

Song Zhongping a chinese military expert and TV commentator told the Global Times on saturday that the u.s warship's transit through the taiwan straits is about sending a provocative message and encouraging taiwan secessionism but the u.s military is not ready for a war with the PLA.

So the PLA's action in the region is not just targeting any specific move made by the u.s because the u.s intention is clear and what the pla is doing is about preparing for the worst case scenario. an all-out military intervention made by the us and its allies and only by doing so the pla will be able to defeat all kinds of enemies especially the foreign interventionist forces.

When Thina launches an operation to reunify Taiwan with the mainland Sung said. "there is no secret that the military exercises the PLA has conducted around taiwan are targeting secessionist forces on the island and any foreign forces that support them. We can openly tell them that we are treating them as simulated enemies during those relevant military exercises," he said.