Overview
- China’s Eastern Theatre Command says destroyers, frigates, fighters, bombers and drones are taking part, with live‑fire strikes on maritime targets north and southwest of Taiwan.
- The military described tasks including joint sea‑air combat patrols, comprehensive control, port and key‑area blockade actions and three‑dimensional external deterrence.
- Beijing framed the operation as a serious warning to Taiwan independence forces and outside interference and called it legitimate and necessary to defend sovereignty.
- Taiwan’s military said it has deployed appropriate forces in response, as the Presidential Office voiced strong condemnation through spokesperson Karen Kuo.
- Taiwan’s coast guard reported four Chinese coast guard vessels near northern and eastern waters and said it dispatched larger ships and additional support units.