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War Fears Rise As The Chinese Air Force Sends Another 56 Warplanes Toward Taiwan

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(USS 'Ronald Reagan,' USS 'Carl Vinson,' HMS 'Queen Elizabeth' and JS 'Ise' sailing together south of Taiwan. Source: "Japanese Navy Photo.")

By: David Axe | FORBES |

Fifty-six. That’s how many warplanes the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force sent, in two waves, into Taiwan’s southwestern air-defense identification zone on Monday. That’s more planes, by far, than China ever has sortied for a probe of Taiwan’s defenses. … “This extraordinarily provocative Chinese air activity seems to have come out of nowhere,” said Ian Easton…

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