13 July 2020
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- US Sends Surveillance Aircraft to Watch Chinese Coastline as Taiwan Starts Major Military Exercise
US Sends Surveillance Aircraft to Watch Chinese Coastline as Taiwan Starts Major Military Exercise
A US surveillance aircraft E-8C passed close to China’s southern province of Guangdong in a rare operation believed to be designed to monitor any military activity along the coast. The flight coincided with Taiwan’s largest annual military exercise, the Han Kuang, which started on Monday. Collin Koh, a Research Fellow from RSIS, said that the E-8C plane might have been looking for suspicious activity. “It’s especially likely to check out any unusual PLA forces concentration along the coast that may be tell-tale signs of major military operations or exercises,” Koh said.
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Last updated on 14/07/2020
