Eastern Theater Command
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- Dec 29, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
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- Dec 30, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
China Stages 'Justice Mission-2025' Live-Fire Drills Around Taiwan
- The Eastern Theater Command launched the live-fire drills on Monday 29 December 2025, deploying air, naval and rocket forces to test combat readiness and deliver a 'stern warning' to 'separatist' and 'external interference' forces[1]
- Taiwan said it detected at least 14 Chinese naval vessels, 14 coast guard ships and 89 aircraft that day, 67 of which entered its response zones[1]
- Taiwan's transport ministry estimated more than 100,000 international and about 6,000 domestic air passengers were affected by diversions[1]
- The drills followed a US arms sale to Taiwan worth $11.1 billion and remarks by Japan's Sanae Takaichi on possible Japanese involvement if China attacked[1]
- Live-fire zones grew to seven and crossed into Taiwan's territorial waters for the first time since 2022[2]
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- [1]90%aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/29/china-to-stage-drills-around-taiwan-in-stern-warning-to-external-forcesaljazeera.com· Posted Sep 27, 2026· Starts Dec 29, 2025 ✓· Ends Dec 30, 2025 ✓· 50% of score
Al Jazeera, published 29 December 2025: 'China has launched live-fire drills around Taiwan'; Wikipedia[2] gives Justice Mission 2025 as 29-30 December 2025.
- [2]75%Justice Mission-2025en.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 27, 2026· Starts Dec 29, 2025· Ends Dec 30, 2025· 50% of score
Gives the exercise as 29-30 December 2025, the eighth major drill since August 2022 and the first with a stated aim of deterring outside involvement; live-fire zones grew to seven and crossed into Taiwan's territorial waters for the first time since 2022.[1]
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