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[Ben Lewis 🇺🇦 @OfficialBen_L]

70 PLA aircraft tracked operating around Taiwan, including 35 in the ADIZ. Multiple notes to follow but first and foremost.

This is the first time J-15s have been tracked publicly in the ADIZ. These are carrier based aircraft based.

[國防部 Ministry of National Defense, ROC(Taiwan) 🇹🇼 @MoNDefense]

9 PLA aircraft and 4 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+8) today. R.O.C. Armed Forces have monitored the situation and tasked CAP aircraft, Navy vessels, and land-based missile systems to respond these activities.

[William Yang @WilliamYang120]

Exclusive from @WSJ: "The U.S. is markedly increasing the number of troops deployed to #Taiwan, more than quadrupling the current number to bolster a training program for the island’s military amid a rising threat from #China."https://t.co/IReAXrw0PU

[國防部 Ministry of National Defense, ROC(Taiwan) 🇹🇼 @MoNDefense]

11 PLA aircraft and 2 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+8) today. R.O.C. Armed Forces have monitored the situation and tasked CAP aircraft, Navy vessels, and land-based missile systems to respond these activities.

[The Bleeding Edge @bleedinteledge]

Taiwanese employees and former employees of TSMC report to the NY Times growing pains between training the new US workforce. There are concerns the project's cost and time will distract from important R&D. "Americans are difficult to manage"

[The Bleeding Edge @bleedinteledge]

Internal grumblings about TSMC's US/Arizona expansion https://t.co/K04NHacY6i

[The Bleeding Edge @bleedinteledge]

@OfficialBen_L Could it be from the Spratly or Paracel Islands?

[The Bleeding Edge @bleedinteledge]

@TheKimulation @coolcypressdad Lol couldn't remember if that was part of the title. There aren't other Metal Gear Risings tho 😅

[The Bleeding Edge @bleedinteledge]

@coolcypressdad @TheKimulation Metal Gear Rising

[Nikkei Asia @NikkeiAsia]

Japan aims to ink a deal in fiscal 2023 to buy as many as 500 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the U.S., bolstering its long-range strike capability as part of a defense build-up.

https://t.co/fp4Z7ElyHL

[China Beige Book @ChinaBeigeBook]

"#Taiwan has observed dozens of Chinese military #balloon flights in its airspace in recent yrs, far more than previously known...“They come very frequently, the last 1 just a few wks ago.” Such incursions were happening on average once a month."

https://t.co/pN7HFlh0pT

[R A W S A L E R T S @rawsalerts]

🚨#BREAKING: Canadian airspace NORAD have just shot down the high altitude object that was flying over the Yukon. Canadian. A U.S. aircraft were scrambled, and a U.S. F-22 successfully fired at the object

[Jeff Seldin @jseldin]

BREAKING: US @DeptofDefense fighter aircraft shoots down object traveling at 40k feet over #Alaska - might have posed a threat to aircraft, per US National Security Council spox John Kirby, in response to q from @pwidakuswara

[The Bleeding Edge @bleedinteledge]

@TheKimulation Seems like somebody there thinks 1000 feet = 1 mile

[Ben Lewis 🇺🇦 @OfficialBen_L]

In case @MoNDefense has hit its daily tweet limit, here is the ADIZ report for today.

2x aircraft in the ADIZ:

1x Y-8 ASW (Y-8Q) in the Southwest
1x J-16 in the Northeast

6 other aircraft tracked around Taiwan.
5 PLAN vessels around Taiwan.

[國防部 Ministry of National Defense, ROC(Taiwan) 🇹🇼 @MoNDefense]

5 PLA aircraft and 4 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+8) today. R.O.C. Armed Forces have monitored the situation and tasked CAP aircraft, Navy vessels, and land-based missile systems to respond these activities.

[The Bleeding Edge @bleedinteledge]

US charges 'neo-Nazi' leader in plot to attack power stations https://t.co/pG4tHAHWVl

[Jordy Beuving @BeuvingJordy]

China Backdoors US Chip Sanctions, Buys Used Banned Equipment $ASML $TSMC
https://t.co/wjdctVAAG4

[國防部 Ministry of National Defense, ROC(Taiwan) 🇹��� @MoNDefense]

6 PLA aircraft and 4 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+8) today. R.O.C. Armed Forces have monitored the situation and tasked CAP aircraft, Navy vessels, and land-based missile systems to respond these activities.

[The Bleeding Edge @bleedinteledge]

@OfficialBen_L You'd think they'd want to observe Wright-Patterson AFB, guess the risk isn't worth the reward...