A war scene with a particularly delicate balancestill reminiscent of the situation in the Pacific, with China continue large-scale exercises in its sea area Taiwansurrounding the island, in retaliation for her visit Nancy Pelosi.

Chinese missiles are reported to have crossed Taiwan’s airspace, according to Chinese state media. The Chinese military and government have yet to officially confirm that the missile flew over the high school, and the Taiwanese authorities also refuse to confirm.

However, Defense Ministry in Taipei says Chinese ‘aircraft and warships’ have crossed ‘median line’ Taiwan Strait separating the island from mainland China. The ministry condemned China’s “extremely difficult” high schools.

However, Japan’s defense ministry said that of the nine missiles it found, four “flyed over the main island of Taiwan.”

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“This time there was real fire in our high schools, and it was the first time (missiles) flew over Taiwan,” Meng Xiangqing, a professor at the School of National Defense, a China-linked higher education system, told CCTV. People’s Liberation Army. He praised the capabilities of the Chinese military, noting that the missiles penetrated part of the airspace where Patriot systems are deployed, a mobile anti-aircraft missile system considered the most important element in Taiwan’s defense against China.

Exercise in progress closer than ever to Taiwan and for the first time, the island was surrounded by Chinese military forces, he added.

Just yesterday they deployed “more than 100 military aircraft, including fighters and bombers” and “more than 10 destroyers and frigates,” according to the official Chinese news agency Xinhua. China’s air exercises are expected to last until Sunday noon (local time; 0700 GMT) as China has so far shrugged off strong protests from the US, the EU and others.

US postpones missile tests

Meanwhile, the Biden administration has delayed a test-fire of the US Air Force’s Minuteman III ICBM to prevent escalation.

The Air Force planned to conduct a test launch this week, Kirby said, but now plans to reschedule the test. A test launch will take place shortly.

“As China advances military exercises that destabilize the region around Taiwan, the US is demonstrating a responsible approach to nuclear power, reducing the risk of miscalculation and misinterpretation,” Kirby said.

“We believe that we are serving not only our interests, but also the interests of Taiwan by allowing tensions to escalate further. So the long-scheduled test launch of the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, which was supposed to take place this week, will be postponed to the near future.

In April, the US military also delayed a test-fire of the Minuteman III missile. This delay was made in order to prevent the escalation of nuclear tensions with Russia during the Russian military operations in Ukraine.

The Boeing Co.’s nuclear-capable Minuteman III missile plays a key role in the US strategic arsenal. The range of the missile exceeds 9,660 kilometers, and the speed reaches 24,000 kilometers per hour. About 400 missiles of the same type are deployed at US Air Force bases in Wyoming, Montana and North Dakota.

Pelosi messages, Blinken

For my part, Nancy Pelosi reiterated from the last stop of her tour, Japan, the position that the US would “not allow” China to isolate Taiwan.

“The Chinese started these launches, possibly using our visit as an excuse,” he said during a press conference in Tokyo. He added that they are trying to “isolate Taiwan.”

At the same time, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken told his Asian counterparts that China’s reaction to Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was “blatantly provocative,” according to one Western official.

Mr. Blinken, speaking on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit, added that China seeks to intimidate not only Taiwan but also its neighbors with cross-strait high schools that are the largest it has ever had, same source added.