China Sends Drones Circling Taiwan in New Surveillance Tactic
- Unmanned aircraft follow longer flight paths than prior trips
- Beijing has ramped up military actions towards the island
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China’s military sent a drone circling around Taiwan for the second time in a week, the island’s defense ministry said Wednesday, signaling a new surveillance tactic as cross-strait tensions remain high.
The People’s Liberation Army flew a BZK-005 drone — a long-range reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle — around much of the island’s sensitive air-defense identification zone, according to flight paths released by Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense.