1:1—Every Chinese Combat Sortie Crosses the Line

Rare Line Crossing

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27 May 2025 (Tuesday)

1:1—Every Chinese Combat Sortie Crosses the Line

Rare Line Crossing

By Wendell Minnick (Whiskey Mike) 顏文德

TAIPEI - Normally, maybe half of China’s combat air patrols (CAP) flirt with the median line of the Taiwan Strait.

Today?

Every single one blew right past it.

Clear skies, calm seas—ideal flying weather. And apparently, ideal for Beijing to flex.

Disturbing?

No.

Infuriating.

China isn’t just testing Taiwan’s defenses—they’re taunting them.

And one of these days, some hotdog in a J-16 is going to push it too far.

When that happens, control won’t be in the hands of any general.

It’ll be in the hands of gravity, gunfire, and sheer yanking and banking.