Of particular concern was the fact that 35 of the aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan's southwest Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ).
As China launched its two-day-long military drills, Taiwan president Lai Ching-te pledged to stand side by side with the military and safeguard Taiwan, reported Focus Taiwan.
The drills, spanning the Taiwan Strait and areas adjacent to Taiwan-controlled islands near China's coast, commenced just days after Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te's assumption of office.
A military court on Wednesday ordered that Shamarin be jailed for two months, Al Jazeera reported, citing TASS news agency. He also served as the head of Russia's Ministry of Defence's main communications directorate.
Days after Taiwan's Lai Ching Te was sworn in island's President, China launched two-day-long military drills surrounding the nation in what it called "punishment" for so-called "separatist acts," reported CNN.
Highlighting China's persistent military harassment, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence underscored the disruption caused to global peace and stability
The Chinese army has been conducting drills in the Taiwan Strait, the north, south and east of Taiwan Island, and areas around the islands of Kinmen, Matsu, Wuqiu, and Dongyin.
The 'Combined Passing Out Parade' for all student officers attending various Aviation and Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) courses at the Army Aviation Training School (CATS) was held on Wednesday in Maharashtra's Nashik.
The government had set up a committee with retired military officers and industry experts under a top scientist to suggest reforms in the structure of the research agency to make it more output oriented and to promote defence industrial and technological base in the country.