China sent another 20 fighter jets into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) on Oct. 2, just one day after the communist regime deployed 38 fighter jets over the island nation in the largest display of force to date. In a government statement issued on Oct. 2, the Taiwanese military said the aircraft involved included 14 J-16 jets, 4 SU-30 planes, and 2 anti-submarine aircraft. That incursion was followed by China’s largest display of force this year after the communist authorities sent dozens of military jets that included multiple H-6 bombers with nuclear capabilities. Taiwan said it responded to the invasion by deploying air patrol forces and tracking the Chinese aircraft on its air defense systems, according to the Taiwanese Ministry of National Defense. Taiwan said the Oct. 1 incursion came in two waves and happened on the same day that China commemorated the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) takeover of the …
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