A drone flying near Taiwan's Ching Chuan Kang air base shut down operations for about an hour, exposing a gap in how Taiwan guards its military airspace.

• Eight IDF fighter jets on night training had to land at Hsinchu air base instead.
• A passenger flight from Macau circled over Taichung until the airspace reopened.
• Police sent to the area found nothing, and the drone vanished before anyone could catch it.
• Flying a drone within 2.6 km of the airport is banned and carries heavy fines, but Taichung has never actually caught and fined anyone for it.
• The incident set off public criticism that the military should be using jamming guns to bring intruding drones down.

Outlook: Aviation police are investigating, and pressure is building on Taiwan's military to deploy counter-drone gear at its bases.