Taipei, May 14 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) on Thursday detected 3 sorties of PLA aircraft and 6 PLAN vessels operating around its territory.

Sharing the details in a post on X, it noted that these were detected up until 6 AM (UTC+8) and all three sorties entered Taiwan's southwestern and eastern part ADIZ.

"3 sorties of PLA aircraft and 6 PLAN vessels operating around Taiwan detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 3 out of 3 sorties entered Taiwan's southwestern and eastern part ADIZ. #ROCArmedForces have monitored the situation and responded", the post said.

Earlier on Wednesday, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence detected the presence of two sorties of Chinese military aircraft, seven naval vessels and an offici...