Two days later, China sent 56 aircraft into Taiwan’s ADIZ within 24 hours, the highest number since the self-governed island began publicly releasing such numbers last year. On Saturday, 39 Chinese military aircraft, including fighter jets and transport aircraft, entered Taiwan’s ADIZ, causing the Taiwanese air force to scramble jets and deploy air defense missiles to monitor the aircraft.
The ongoing operations saw exercises with ships from the US, UK, Japan, Australia, Canada, and the Netherlands, including three aircraft carriers, training in and around the South China Sea.īiden and Chinese President Xi agree in principle to hold virtual meeting The Connecticut was operating in the waters around the South China Sea as the US and its allies have been carrying out a major multinational show of force in the region led by the United Kingdom’s Carrier Strike Group 21. The accident happened as tensions between the US and China soared over the Chinese military’s incursions into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ). “The incident will be investigated.” The US Navy did not specify the incident took place in the South China Sea, only that it occurred in international waters in the Indo-Pacific region. USS Connecticut’s nuclear propulsion plant and spaces were not affected and remain fully operational,” the statement said. “The submarine remains in a safe and stable condition.
In this December 15, 2016, file photo, the USS Connecticut departs Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
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