Taiwan's defense ministry says it detected 27 Chinese military aircraft and 9 naval vessels operating near Taiwan during a 24-hour period leading up to Tuesday morning. All 27 aircraft entered Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone.
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00:00Twenty-seven Chinese military aircraft and nine naval vessels have been spotted around
00:04Taiwan in a 24-hour period ending Tuesday morning.
00:09The Defense Ministry says all 27 aircraft entered Taiwan's Northern and Southern Air
00:13Defense Identification Zone, or ADIZ.
00:16The area isn't Taiwan's airspace, but serves as a defensive buffer zone.
00:21One official Chinese ship was detected near Taiwan in the same period.
00:25It deployed its own aircraft and ships in response.