Taiwan Reports Large Incursion By Chinese Air Force

Taiwan's air force deployed missiles to "monitor" the incursion, the island's defence ministry said, without elaborating.

Twenty Chinese military aircraft including fighter jets entered the southwestern corner of Taiwan's air defence identification zone on Friday, the island's defence ministry said, in an escalation of tension across the sensitive Taiwan Strait. Taiwan's air force deployed missiles to "monitor" the incursion, the island's defence ministry said, without elaborating. It also said its planes warned the Chinese aircraft over the radio. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)