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UK Defence Intelligence
UPDATE ON CHINA / TAIWAN
To all UK Media Outlets
- In recent days China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has made increasingly aggressive moves towards Taiwan, endangering shipping and freedom of movement in the Taiwan Strait.
- Since the start of this month Chinese PLA forces have invaded and temporarily occupied an island belonging to Taiwan in the Kinmen archipelago. A Chinese naval vessel has fired a ballistic missile in close proximity to a Combined Task Group from AUKUS nations operating in international waters in the Taiwan Strait.
- HMS Daring, a Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer, along with accompanying vessels from the US and Australia, is currently deployed in a defensive posture in support of Taiwan and to help provide security in the South China Sea.