{"id":155067,"date":"2026-07-23T22:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155067"},"modified":"2026-07-23T22:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T22:00:20","slug":"why-pla-fighter-jet-sorties-near-taiwan-dropped-to-a-3-year-low-in-the-first-half-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155067","title":{"rendered":"Why PLA fighter jet sorties near Taiwan dropped to a 3-year low in the first half of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThere is a change in the skies and waters around Taiwan.<br \/>\nIn the first half of this year, the number of People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) fighter jets detected near the island more than halved year on year to 1,334.<br \/>\nIt was a three-year low and marked the lowest operational tempo since 2023, according to a tally by the South China Morning Post based on data from Taiwan\u2019s defence ministry.<br \/>\nAt the same time, the number of days no PLA jets were detected by Taiwan hit a new high, and the PLA did not&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3361605\/why-pla-fighter-jet-sorties-near-taiwan-dropped-3-year-low-first-half-2026?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 PostThere is a change in the skies and waters around Taiwan. In the first half of this year, the number of People\u2019s Liberation Army&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\/155067"}],"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=155067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}