This aerial activity, which now occurs on a near-daily basis, is reported by the Taiwan Defense Ministry. The Taiwan ADIZ Violations Database, compiled by independent defense analyst Benjamin Lewis, illustrates a marked escalation in Chinese military operations near Taiwan in recent years.
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The ADIZ, an area where a country asserts authority to identify aircraft for national security purposes, has been a focal point amid heightened tensions between China and Taiwan.
Notably, the figures for last year fell slightly short of the 1,738 ADIZ sorties reported in 2022 due to a quieter December, which saw the lowest incursion rate since July 2022.
December witnessed the detection of 13 distinct aircraft, including various fighter jets, bombers, early warning and anti-submarine planes.
Analysts view the flights by China’s People’s Liberation Army into Taiwan’s ADIZ as a form of gray-zone activity, or pressure that stops short of kinetic warfare.
Bonnie Glaser, managing director of the German Marshall Fund of the United States Indo-Pacific Program, previously told Newsweek that in addition to asserting its sovereignty claims, Beijing aims to use the sorties to wear down Taiwan’s more limited armed forces by forcing them to scramble fighters with each intrusion.
Maritime ADIZ violations picked up after former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to Taipei in August 2022.
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