According to the statement, seven of the PLA aircraft crossed the median line, breaching Taiwan's northern and southwestern Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ).
As the world's largest maritime law enforcement agency, the CCG has more than 150 regional and oceangoing vessels displacing at least 1,000 tons. It also has approximately 50 vessels in the 500-1,000-ton class, and around 300 smaller coastal patrol boats.
Amid escalating tensions in the region, Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence reported on Monday that it tracked nine Chinese military aircraft and seven naval vessels around Taiwan, Taiwan News reported.
The intrusion of PLA assets into Taiwan's airspace underscores the heightened tensions in the region, as Taiwan continues to grapple with increasing military activities from mainland China.
Of the 13 People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, six were detected in the southwest and eastern sectors of Taiwan's Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ), according to Taiwan's MND.
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence has detected six Chinese military aircraft, six naval vessels, and four Coast Guard ships around the nation between 6 a.m. on Thursday (June 6) and 6 a.m. on Friday (June 7), according to Taiwan News.
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence detected 26 Chinese military aircraft and 10 Naval vessels around the nation between 6 a.m. on Tuesday (June 4) and 6 a.m. on Wednesday (June 5), reported Taiwan News.
China, since September 2020 has intensified the use of grey zone tactics by incrementally increasing the number of military aircraft and naval ships operating around Taiwan.
The Ministry of National Defence of Taiwan detected six Chinese naval vessels, four coast guard ships, and two military aircraft around the nation between 6 a.m. on Saturday and 6 a.m. on Sunday, reported Taiwan News.
On Saturday, the CGA's Kinmen-Matsu-Penghu Branch said that coast guards began monitoring two suspicious vessels at 9:13 am (local time) on Wednesday, which took off from the direction of southeastern China's Xiamen city, which is near Taiwan's three outlying island groups.