A TB-001 drone flies to Taiwan's north, headed into the Pacific, broadly tracking the island's east coast, then looped back along the same flight path and returned to China
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Saturday morning, August 26, that over the past 24 hours it had detected 20 Chinese air force planes entering the island’s air defense zone, including a combat drone the flew along Taiwan’s Pacific east coast.
Offering further details on Friday’s Chinese activity, Taiwan’s defense ministry said the aircraft involved included of Su-30 and J-10 fighters and anti-submarine aircraft.Some of the fighters and drones crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, previously an unofficial barrier between the two sides but which over the past year Chinese aircraft have routinely crossed, according to a map Taiwan’s ministry provided.
Chinese state media has called the TB-001 the “twin-tailed scorpion” and shown pictures of it with missiles under its wings, saying it is capable of high altitude, long-range missions.The ministry this week said it could not judge whether the drills China started last Saturday had formally ended, as Beijing had made no announcement. China has continued military movements around Taiwan.
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