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Overview
- The PLA Eastern Theater Command says destroyers, frigates, fighters, bombers, and drones are engaged, including live-fire training against maritime targets in northern and southwestern Taiwan.
- Activities are underway across five designated maritime and air zones with live-fire windows set for 8:00 to 18:00 local time.
- Officials issued safety notices advising unrelated ships and aircraft to avoid the restricted waters and airspace during the drills.
- Taiwan reports detecting four Chinese coast guard vessels near its waters as the exercises proceed.
- The operation follows recent U.S. arms sales to Taiwan that prompted Chinese sanctions on 20 U.S. defense firms, alongside weeks of heightened strain with Japan over remarks on potential support for Taipei.