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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Ben Blanchard & Alice Peacock

Taiwan scrambles fighter jets to ward off Chinese aircrafts in air defence zone

Taiwan scrambled out fighter jets to ward off Chinese planes following the biggest incursion into its air defence zone since January.

It comes amid heightened tensions, with Taiwan - which China claims as its own territory - reporting repeated missions by China’s air force near the democratically governed island.

The “missions” often took place in the southwestern part of its air defence identification zone, or ADIZ, close to the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Islands.

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