Taipei, April 14 -- Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense on Tuesday detected the presence of 9 sorties of Chinese military aircraft, 6 naval vessels and a 3 official ship operating around its territorial waters as of 6 am (local time) on Tuesday.

Sharing the details on X, the MND said that, "9 sorties of PLA aircraft, 6 PLAN vessels and 3 official ships operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) Today, 8 out of 9 sorties entered Taiwan's northern, southwestern and eastern parts of the ADIZ. #ROCArmedForces have monitored the situation and responded."

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