Chinese air force incursions spike dramaticallyESCALATION: Last month’s 446 incursions were more than the number recorded in 2020, with Bonnie Glaser saying China is trying to wear down Taiwan’s pilotsBy William Hetherington / Staff writer with CNAThe Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force last month made 446 incursions into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), the Defense Post reported on Thursday. Last month’s incursions far surpassed the number recorded during the whole of 2020, the report said. A Taiwanese F-16 jet, left, flies alongside a Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force H-6K bomber on May 11, 2018. The army’s Combined Arms Battalion, snipers, tanks, armored vehicles and mortars would be tested during the four-day live-fire exercises, the source said. It is the armed forces’ second-largest drill, following the annual Han Kuang exercises that involve all branches of the military.
