China flies 103 military planes toward Taiwan in a new high of activity the island calls harassment

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China flies 103 military planes toward Taiwan in a new high of activity the island calls harassment
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China’s military sent 103 warplanes toward Taiwan in a 24-hour period in what the island’s defense ministry called a recent new high.

The planes were detected between 6 a.m. on Sunday and 6 a.m. on Monday, the ministry said. As is customary, they turned back before reaching Taiwan. Chinese warplanes fly toward the self-governing island on a near-daily basis but typically in smaller numbers. The Taiwan ministry didn’t explain what time period it meant by a “recent” high.

China, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory, has conducted increasingly large military drills in the air and waters around Taiwan as tensions have grown between the two and with the United States. The U.S. is Taiwan’s main supplier of arms and opposes any attempt to change Taiwan’s status by force.

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Waste of fuel. I feel for the environment .

The Earth is the true victim of our dick waving contests.

The only solace is that millions of years after we manage to annihilate ourselves, the earth will recover and continue as if we were never here.

Any new sentient life will have a much harder time, since easily accessible fuel, coal and oil, will have already been used up