Taiwanese media: Russian warship appears late at night in the eastern waters of Taiwan for defense | department | waters
Taiwanese media: Taiwan's defense department has rarely released information on Russian warships in the past.
According to Taiwan's "Central News Agency", Taiwan's defense department announced on the evening of the 27th that as of 23:00 that night, two Russian frigates had been "detected" from south to north through the eastern waters of Taiwan, and separated from the so-called Taiwan from the sea off Suao to the southeast. "Contingency zone", this matter has attracted attention from the outside world.
Very rare, unusual
On the evening of the 27th, Taiwan's defense department claimed in a press release that the Taiwanese military had full control over the dynamics of Russian warships and closely monitored their actions.
Taiwanese media reported that the Russian frigate appeared about 26 nautical miles off the east coast of Yilan on June 27th.
According to the China Review News Agency, this is not the first time a Russian warship has sailed off Taiwan. In July last year, the Russian Navy's dauntless class destroyer "Marshal sarbshnikov", roar class frigate "roar" and Dubna class supply ship sailed all the way north from the sea off Hualien, Taiwan. According to Taiwan media at that time, This is the first time that a Russian warship has sailed through this sea since the Soviet era.
Taiwanese media: Thirteen years ago, "portable nuclear weapons" fighter jets also came here
According to Taiwanese media reports, in January 2010, an unidentified military aircraft was discovered by the Yangmingshan radar station in the northeast of Taiwan, flying southward and briefly entering our air defense identification zone. After an emergency broadcast by the Taiwan Air Force, the aircraft immediately flew away. After exchanging intelligence, it was found that the aircraft was a Tu-95 bomber.
Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber.
It is understood that the Tu-95 bomber was designed by the Tupolev Design Bureau and is one of the three main bombers of the Russian military, along with the Tu-22M and Tu-160. It entered service in 1956 and is currently the only turboprop bomber in service in the world. In terms of armament, the Tu-95 can not only carry nuclear weapons, but also choose to carry Kh-22 anti-ship missiles, Kh-55 cruise missiles, or 60 FAB-250 bombs, 30 FAB-500 bombs, etc.
There are no relevant reports from Taiwanese media to explain.