{"id":144405,"date":"2026-01-18T05:22:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144405"},"modified":"2026-01-18T05:22:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:22:53","slug":"pla-sends-drone-into-airspace-near-taiwan-held-pratas-island-in-south-china-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144405","title":{"rendered":"PLA sends drone into airspace near Taiwan-held Pratas Island in South China Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe People\u2019s Liberation Army said it sent a drone into airspace near the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Island on Saturday, as Beijing ramps up military pressure amid soaring cross-strait tensions.<br \/>\nThe deployment was \u201ca routine flight training in the airspace around China\u2019s Dongsha Island, which was completely legitimate and lawful\u201d, the PLA Southern Theatre Command, which oversees the South China Sea, said in a statement on Saturday.<br \/>\nIt came hours after the Taiwanese defence ministry reported that a&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3340297\/pla-sends-drone-airspace-near-taiwan-held-pratas-island-south-china-sea?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe People\u2019s Liberation Army said it sent a drone into airspace near the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Island on Saturday, as Beijing ramps up military pressure&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144405"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144405\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}