China has reacted angrily after the U.S., U.K., and Australia announced a major security pact that will see the countries co-develop nuclear submarines for missions near Beijing. Follow Newsweek's liveblog for all the lastest.
and flew sorties near the island on Wednesday as Taiwanese armed forces conducted anti-landing drills as part of their largest annual military exercise.People's Liberation Army
warplanes, which were also tracked with surface-to-air missile systems as they entered the southwest corner of its air defense identification zone , Taiwan's Defense Ministry said in a statement. An ADIZ is a category of airspace that extends beyond a country's territorial airspace, often used to request advanced identification of foreign civil and military aircraft.
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