What a taiwanese netizen on thursday
night dec
23 described as a UFO flying off the
southern coast of taiwan appears to have
been a chinese rocket, according to
military experts.
A member of a taiwanese facebook group
based in Hawaii in Tainan City's Zigang
district posted a photo of an object
with a long contrail like a comet or
rocket and described it as a UFO flying
in the sky. The video led some taiwanese netizens to
speculate that the People's Liberation Army (PLA) was testing a military rocket.
At 8 p.m on thursday evening military
analyst Henry Kenmon reported on his
twitter account east Pendulum that a
long march 7A/CZ-7AY3
had blasted off from one Chong space
launch site in Hainan China. Kenmon stated that the rocket was
carrying two Sai-12 satellites designed
by the china academy of space technology
and will be officially used for the
analysis of the space environment in a Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit.
Kenmon posted a google earth map that
showed the trajectory of the rocket
starting from hanan and flying south of
taiwan and just north of the philippine
island of Luzon. He then posted a video of the rocket
posted on weibo reportedly taken from a
passenger plane at an altitude of 10,000
metres near the city of Guangzhou.
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) denied that it had fired any rockets
or missiles that evening. the mnd stressed that it had closely
monitored the situation over taiwan's
territorial waters and airspace and that
the current situation is normal. China claims democratically governed
taiwan as its own sacred territory and
in the past two years has stepped up
military and diplomatic pressure to
assert its sovereignty claims, fuelling
anger and taipei and deep concern in Washington.
Taiwan's government says it wants peace
but will defend itself if needed. Under the plan, the u.s marine corps will
set up temporary bases on the Nansei island chain stretching from Kyushu, one
of the four main islands of japan to
taiwan at the initial stage of a taiwan
emergency and will deploy troops, Kyoto
said.
"Japanese armed forces will provide
logistical support in such areas as
ammunition and fuel supplies," it said.
Japan former Colonial Ruler of taiwan
and the united states would likely reach
an agreement to start formulating an
official plan at a two plus two inches
meeting of foreign and defence ministers
early next year, the news agency said.
japanese defence ministry officials were
not immediately available for comment. in october japan's government signaled a
more assertive position on china's
aggressive posture towards self-ruled
taiwan. suggesting it would consider
options and prepare for various
scenarios, while reaffirming close u.s
ties.
Earlier this month, former japanese prime
minister Shinzo Abe said that japan and
the united states could not stand by if
china attacked
taiwan. U.S Officials speaking on the
condition of anonymity have long said
that given the tens of thousands of
troops the u.s has in japan and its
proximity to taiwan. Japan would likely
have to play an important role in any
taiwan emergency.
A Pentagon spokesperson said that as U.S President Joe Biden and his japanese
counterpart said in a march joint
statement. Both countries shared a
commitment to peace and stability across
the taiwan strait.
"We are committed to enhancing resiliency
and interoperability between u.s and
japanese forces and deepening
operational cooperation during peacetime
and various regional contingencies," the Pentagon added.
Japan is host to major u.s military
bases including on the Southern Island
of Okinawa, a short flight from taiwan
which would be crucial for any u.s
support during a chinese attack. China views democratic taiwan as a
wayward province, awaiting the day the
island can be brought under its control. Peacefully or militarily with no right
to state-to-state relations.
The united states like most countries in
the world, recognizes china over taiwan
in line with beijing's one china policy. But Washington is the island's biggest
arms supplier and ally and is obliged by
law to help it defend itself.
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