China conducted large-scale live-fire military drills around Taiwan on Monday, mobilizing troops, warships, fighter jets, and artillery for its "Justice Mission 2025" exercises as Taiwan scrambled its own forces and displayed U.S.-made equipment in preparation to repel an attack.
The Eastern Theater Command said it had concentrated forces to the north βand southwest of the Taiwan Strait and carried out live firing and simulated strikes on land and maritime targets. The drills would continue Tuesday and include exercises to blockade the island's main ports and encircle it.
A senior Taiwan security official told Reuters that dozens of Chinese military boats and aircraft βwere operating around the island, some of which were "deliberately closing in" on Taiwan's contiguous zone, defined as 24 nautical miles βfrom
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