Taiwan mum on report of close air encounter with Chinese bomber
ROC Central News Agency
2017/09/29 20:46:54
Taipei, Sept. 29 (CNA) Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) on Friday declined to comment on a Chinese media report of a close air encounter between military aircraft from the two sides over the Taiwan Strait in 2015.
MND spokesman Chen Chung-chi (陳中吉) said, however, that the military is alert to and on top of situations in Taiwan's surrounding waters and airspace.
Taiwan can also keep comprehensive track of the movement of China's military aircraft and will take proper measures to protect the country's security, he added.
On Thursday, Beijing's official China Central Television (CCTV) aired footage showing a Chinese H-6K bomber being intercepted over the Taiwan Strait by two F-16 fighters dispatched by Taiwan on March 30, 2015.
The two sides' planes were only slightly more than 10 meters from each other at one point, CCTV said.
(By Hsieh Chia-chen and Y.F. Low)
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