Overview
- Taiwan reported 130 PLA aircraft, 14 military ships and eight other official vessels in 24 hours, with 90 aircraft crossing the strait’s median line and a Chinese balloon detected.
- Taiwanese officials said some live rounds landed within the island’s 24-nautical-mile line after long-range artillery fire from China’s Fujian coast.
- Seven temporary danger zones were declared, disrupting civil air and sea traffic as airlines rerouted and hundreds of flights faced delays or cancellations.
- The drills featured multi-service operations across five mapped zones, rehearsing blockade and strike tactics targeting key ports including Keelung and Kaohsiung.
- Taipei condemned the exercises, activated a response center and deployed forces and coastal missile systems, while China linked the drills to a recent $11.1 billion U.S. arms package; President Trump said he was not worried.