Taipei, March 31 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected the presence of a Chinese sortie, six naval vessels and an official ship operating around its territorial waters as of 6am (local time) on Tuesday.

The sortie entered Taiwan's southern part ADIZ.

In a post on X, the MND said, "1 sorties of PLA aircraft, 6 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 1 out of 1 sorties entered Taiwan's southern part ADIZ. ROC Armed Forces have monitored the situation and responded."

Earlier on Monday, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense detected the presence of a sortie of Chinese military aircraft, nine naval vessels and an official ship operating around its territorial waters. The s...