2023-09-11 15:54:34
Eight Chinese Communist warships passed through Okinawa main island and Miyako Island. (Photo/Japanese Ministry of Defense)
The Integrated Staff Supervision Department of the Ministry of Defense of Japan (equivalent to the Ministry of National Defense Staff Headquarters) said today that a total of eight warships of the Chinese Navy, including missile destroyers and frigates, passed between the main island of Okinawa and Miyako Island, sailing from the East China Sea toward the Pacific Ocean.
The Integrated Staff Supervision Department of the Ministry of Defense of Japan stated that the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force discovered three CCP ships about 230 kilometers northeast of Chiwei Island on the Diaoyu Islands (called Taisho Island of the Senkaku Islands in Japan) at around 8 a.m. this morning (7:00 Taiwan time). warship.
These three ships are the Type 052C destroyer “Zhengzhou”, the Type 052D missile destroyer “Xiamen” and the modern-class missile destroyer “Fuzhou”.
In addition, five Chinese Communist warships were discovered in the waters about 140 kilometers northeast of Miyako Island in Okinawa Prefecture from 8 to 9 a.m. (7 to 8 a.m. Taiwan time).
These five ships are the Type 052D missile destroyers “Baotou” and “Shaoxing”, the Type 054A missile frigates “Honghe” and “Yixing”, and the missile destroyer “Ningbo”.
After sailing south, these eight Chinese Communist warships headed towards the Pacific Ocean. The Japanese Ministry of Defense dispatched three Maritime Self-Defense Force ships and an anti-submarine aircraft for surveillance and surveillance.
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