A long-range Chinese combat drone capable of carrying a large weapons payload has circled Taiwan, the island’s defence ministry said Friday.
Democratic Taiwan lives under constant threat of an attack by Beijing, which views the island as part of its territory.
Taiwan’s defence ministry said it detected 38 Chinese aircraft, including a TB-001 drone nicknamed the “twin-tailed scorpion”, around the island between 6 am (1000 GMT) Thursday and 6 am Friday.
The drone’s circling flight path saw it cross the median line — an unofficial boundary dividing the Taiwan Strait — to the island’s south before flying around its east coast and returning to China, a map released by the ministry showed.
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Source: https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20230428-china-flies-38-warplanes-combat-drone-near-taiwan
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