Overview
- Live-fire exercises are scheduled Tuesday in five designated sea and air zones with 10-hour closures starting at 08:30 local time.
- China says destroyers, frigates, fighters, bombers and drones are involved as units rehearse blockades of key ports, including Keelung and Kaohsiung.
- Taiwan condemns the drills as military intimidation, elevates readiness, authorizes frontline troops to respond and reports multiple Chinese ships and aircraft near its coast.
- The PLA’s Eastern Theater Command calls the exercise a serious warning to pro‑independence forces and to external interference, and releases maps outlining the drill areas.
- The maneuvers follow a recent $11.1 billion U.S. arms sale to Taiwan and come after remarks by Japan’s prime minister that drew protests from Beijing, marking the largest Chinese exercise since April.