“The use of J-16 fighter jets also overtook reconnaissance planes as the most common aircraft in the People's Liberation Army sorties. While the timing of the weekend's activity with China's national day was not surprising, the size of the missions caught people off guard. The PLA [People's Liberation Army] doest exactly go and roll out the specific details on why they're doing things. People focus a lot on the signalling side of things, and usually with the larger incursions there is a signalling component, but more often it's about intelligence gathering, wearing down Taiwan's air force, and pilot training.”
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