Taipei: Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) has said 27 Chinese military aircraft and seven naval vessels around the country between 6 am on Tuesday (May 2) and 6 am on Wednesday (May 3), media reports said.

At 9 am on Wednesday, the MND said that 27 People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) military aircraft and seven People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) vessels had been tracked around Taiwan.

Of the detected aircraft, 13 crossed the median line or entered the southwest, southeast, and northeast sections of Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ), reports Taiwan News.

The aircraft tracked in the ADIZ included three Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets, four Chengdu J-10 fighter jets, two Shenyang J-16 fighter jets, one Harbin BZK-005 Reconnaissance (RECCE) drone, one Shaanxi Y-8 reconnaissance plane, one Shaanxi Y-8 electronic warfare (EW) plane, and one Shaanxi Y-8 anti-submarine warfare (ASW) plane.

The fighter jets circled over the median line, while the three Y-8 aircraft penetrated the southwest corner of the ADIZ, reported the news portal.

The BZK-005 entered the southwest corner of the ADIZ from the southwest edge of the median line. It then flew to the southeast, east, north, and northwest sections of the ADIZ before exiting over the northeast end of the median line.