Intruding 'first strike' PLA aircraft could be downed: Minister

Taipei, Oct. 18 (CNA Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng (邱國正) said Tuesday that current procedures allowed for the shooting down of People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft deemed to have made a "first strike" by breaching Taiwan's territorial airspace.

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