Leap of military activities, at the maximum since the beginning of 2025
The Taiwanese Ministry of Defense has drawn 41 planes and 9 Chinese military ships, plus an official boat ‘, in business over 24 hours up to 6 rooms (23 on Sunday in Italy).
According to a note, 28 of the 41 jets of the Popular Army of Chinese Liberation crossed the midline of the Taiwan Strait by entering the North Defense identification area of the North, Center and Southwest of the island, part of the largest incursion Made in a single day so far in 2025. Taiwan has sent military planes and ships, deploying “earthly defense missile systems to follow the activities”.
The Taiwanese Ministry of Defense has traced Chinese military aircraft 245 times and ships 108 times in February, in an accelerated signal of the operations around the island. Since September 2020, Beijing has increased its use of ‘gray zone tactics’ operating planes and military ships in the field of efforts that go beyond the deterrence and guarantee of a status quo, which try to achieve their safety objectives without The direct and considerable use of force.
Last week, the American admiral Samuel Paparo, head of the command of the edued-the US, said that China’s soldiers around Taiwan are so extensive that they could soon be used as a “fig leaf” to hide an attack on the island.
Speaking at the Honolulu Defense Forum, Paparo warned against the growing cooperation between China, Russia and North Korea, described as an “emerging axis of autocrazie” and “a farewell triangle”, and from the US delays in filling critical gaps, such as the amount of weapons available. In other words, American defense officials are concerned about not having enough weapons in case of a war for Taiwan.
“Our chargers are running out. Our maintenance arrears increase every month and we operate with increasingly reduced margins of error – Paparo noticed -. Our opponents see these gaps and are moving aggressively to exploit them”.
Meanwhile, China asked the USA to “immediately correct their errors” after the declaration of “do not support” Taiwan’s independence “from the State Department of State Department.
The spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Guo Jiakun complained of the revision made “in regressive terms”. The US information sheet maintains Washington’s opposition to the unilateral changes of status quo by Taiwan or China, adding a reference to the cooperation of Taipei on microchips and technology with the Pentagon and that the United States will support the adhesion of Taipei to international organizations “where applicable”.
