Overview

• A CCTV video shows the PLA’s 72nd Group Army conducting live-fire amphibious exercises with ‘tank boats’ off Fujian’s coast as a show of force.
• Reconnaissance troops from the PLA’s 73rd Group Army practiced armed swimming, underwater combat, and long-range coastal infiltration in recently released footage.
• Taiwan’s Han Kuang drills, the largest in its history, have mobilized 22,000 reservists and introduced HIMARS to assess defense readiness.
• War games include simulated attacks on command systems and communications blackout scenarios to test decentralized command resilience.
• Beijing dismisses Taipei’s exercises as a ‘bluff’, maintaining that the PLA’s growing amphibious capabilities underscore its ability to enforce sovereignty claims.