Tag: Taiwan

Taiwan's Defence Ministry has stated that it scrambled the island's Air Force to fend off Chinese aircraft flying close to its territory. According to the ministry, 20 Chinese Air Force ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) - Two US warships sailed across the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, sparking a protest from China, in the second such crossing this month and in a ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:15 A.M.) - Taiwan revealed that it sent elements of its navy and air forces on Sunday to a major waterway, as a Chinese aircraft carrier passed through ...

Taiwan's US-built F-16A fighter is thought to have crashed into the sea after the island’s air force said on Tuesday that the jet had disappeared from radar screen two minutes ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:20 P.M.) - Taiwan announced on Monday, that its armed forces have the right to self-defense and respond to attacks amid "harassment and threats," in an apparent warning ...

The People's Republic of China sent 18 military planes, including fighter-jets, over the Taiwan strait in a show of force, during a closed-visit of the US envoy to Taiwan. This ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (1:20 P.M.) - Twitter was abuzz on Friday when video footage showing a crashed Chinese military aircraft first surfaced on the social media platform. Rumors began to quickly ...

The incident took place the day after US Health Secretary Alex Azar arrived on the island. Azar has become the highest-ranking American official to visit Taiwan since the United States ...

Taiwan’s Republic of China Air Force launched two multirole F-16 fighters fitted with anti-ship missiles from Hualien Air Force Base this week following reports that forces from the Chinese People’s ...

BEIRUT, LEBANON (10:30 P.M.) - The Taiwanese Ministry of Defense said that the aircraft of the Taiwan Air Force intercepted a Chinese fighter jet that had briefly entered the island's ...