Taiwan reports largest ever incursion by Chinese air force

20 military planes enter identification zone in sharp escalation

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Pilots of China's J-10 fighter jet from the People's Liberation Army Air Force prepare before a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand. © Reuters

TAIPEI (Reuters) -- Twenty Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone on Friday, in the largest incursion yet reported by the island's defense ministry and marking a dramatic escalation of tension across the Taiwan Strait.

The island's defense ministry said the air force deployed missiles to "monitor" the incursion into the southwestern part of its air defense identification zone. It also said its planes warned the Chinese aircraft, including by radio.

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