Taiwan's defence ministry said on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, that more than 100 People's Liberation Army naval vessels and Chinese coastguard ships were sailing across the western Pacific, including the Liaoning strike group drilling in the Philippine Sea. The ministry also reported 49 PLA aircraft sorties in the 24 hours to 6am on Tuesday, the highest single-day total this year.
Taiwan's defence ministry reported more than 100 PLA naval and coastguard vessels in the western Pacific and 49 air sorties in a day, the highest single-day total this year, a scale of military activity around the island that the report links to no stated market or supply effect.
Taiwan's defence ministry said on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, that more than 100 People's Liberation Army naval vessels and mainland Chinese coastguard ships were sailing across the western Pacific, including the Liaoning strike group conducting drills in the Philippine Sea, according to a report by the South China Morning Post dated November 4, 2026.
The ministry also reported 49 sorties of PLA aircraft in the 24 hours to 6am on Tuesday, the highest single-day total this year. The maritime deployment overlapped with the increase in aerial activity near the island.
Taiwan expressed concern over the deployment. The report did not give a date for the naval movement beyond the day of the week.
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