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Taiwan's defense minister said China's frequent military operations near the island were an attempt to exhaust Taiwanese defenses.

USS Milius' maiden voyage through the international waters of the Taiwan Strait was also the U.S. Navy's 11th such operation of the year.

The Indian capital of New Delhi and several Indian airbases are within striking range of these newly relocated bomber planes.

Researchers at the Washington, D.C.-based think tank CSIS estimate the People's Liberation Army Navy's Type 003 carrier could be completed by early 2022.

Taiwan's 2021 National Defense Report, released on Tuesday, said the Chinese military was already capable of blockading the island during a conflict.

China is on course to double its 2020 total of flights near the island, with its aircraft on pincer-like paths around the island.

Regular military operations returned to the skies southwest of Taiwan following a brief period of quiet in which China sent just four flights in 11 days.

U.S. officials expressed surprise at the capabilities achieved by the Chinese military, according to a report by the Financial Times.

Defense Department spokesperson John Kirby described recent Chinese military maneuvers near Taiwan as "destabilizing and only increase the risk of miscalculation."

A Chinese government spokesperson removed any doubt surrounding the intended targets of the recent exercises during a press conference on Wednesday.

The United States is not legally bound to defend Taiwan in the event of an attack by China and has maintained "strategic ambiguity" for over 40 years.

The Chinese envoy to ASEAN tweeted after 149 Chinese military planes flew sorties into the skies off southwestern Taiwan in early October.

The secretary of state warned against "unilateral actions that change the status quo by force" across the Taiwan Strait.

Taiwan's Defense Minister told lawmakers on Wednesday that the country's armed forces are under strict instructions to abide by the principle.

Taiwanese Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said China's military pressure is also pushing the island to increase its combat readiness.

Taiwan reported that 38 Chinese aircraft entered the island's air defense identification zone Friday, the largest daily Chinese incursion into the area.

China's warplanes flew 117 sorties off southwest Taiwan in September—the most since public records began—but not every flight is a message for Taipei.

Officials from Washington and Beijing agreed that lines of communication should be kept open at all times, the Pentagon said on Wednesday.

The highly watched 13th Zhuhai Airshow kicked off on Tuesday with the unveiling of new military drones and a modified strike fighter for electronic warfare.

The military maneuvers—likely an effort at political signaling by Beijing—come after Taiwan officially applied to join the CPTPP trade pact on Wednesday.

China's Foreign Ministry was asked about this week's controversy surrounding "secret" phone calls Gen. Mark Milley made to his opposite number in Beijing.

Taiwan's Defense Ministry has confirmed air defense identification zone intrusions by a fleet of nine Chinese military aircraft on Wednesday.

"The Chinese mainland will have to take severe economic and military measures to combat the arrogance of the U.S. and the island of Taiwan."

The nimble warship is the first of a new batch of naval vessels that experts say will improve Taiwan's asymmetric warfare capabilities against China.

A Chinese think tank objected to the U.S. Air Force reconnaissance aircraft's use of "JUNKY81" as a call sign during a close-in operation on Tuesday.

In a study published earlier this month, People's Liberation Army researchers discussed a model that could help the military land its future hypersonic UAVs.

Flight-tracking software showed a U.S. Navy patrol aircraft conducting a routine operation in the Bashi Channel, south of Taiwan, on Monday.

In an annual report prepared for lawmakers, Taiwan's Defense Ministry gave its latest assessments of China's military capabilities and ambitions.

China's unmanned aerial vehicles and People's Liberation Army warplanes have been detected in the skies around Japan on three consecutive days amid ongoing military exercises.

Taiwan's Defense Ministry reported around 380 sorties by Chinese military aircraft near Taiwan throughout 2020. That figure was matched and broken this week, with over four months left in the year.