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Chinese planes have crossed the bottom corner of the Taiwanese ADIZ. NOT Taiwanese airspace. Though that sensationalist report sells more newspapers, doesn't it
by simonblack 5y ago
Chinese planes have crossed the bottom corner of the Taiwanese ADIZ. NOT Taiwanese airspace. Though that sensationalist report sells more newspapers, doesn't it?
An ADIZ has no legal standing, it is only a unilaterally declared area (the Taiwanese ADIZ even covers parts of mainland China). For instance the US does not recognise the Chinese ADIZ and has regularly flown bombers through it. But even the US would not dare to fly a bomber or two through Chinese airspace - the air above the actual Chinese territory and 12 miles out to sea from the coast - without being at risk of those bombers being missiled out of the sky. We saw what happened to Gary Powers when he was sent into Soviet airspace.