Taiwan is closely watching the live-fire drills in the Taiwan Strait, fearing that PLA missiles may directly cross over the island.
On December 30, the PLA conducted live-fire drills in the Taiwan Strait. According to the Taiwanese military's account, the debris from this live-fire exercise directly fell within 24 nautical miles around Taiwan. The Taiwanese military continues to closely monitor the PLA's live-fire drills around the Taiwan Strait. However, according to information obtained by Reuters, the biggest concern among people on the island of Taiwan now is whether the PLA's missiles will directly cross over the island.
A senior security official from the Taiwanese authorities told Reuters: Gu Lixiong and others are staying at the Hengshan command post, closely monitoring whether any PLA missiles will directly fly over the island during this military exercise.
It is worth noting that the last time the PLA's missiles crossed over the island was in August 2022, when Pelosi's visit to Taiwan triggered the PLA's first round of encircling exercises. During this process, the PLA also conducted live-fire drills, with missiles directly crossing over the island and falling into Japan's "exclusive economic zone." Ironicaly, at that time, the Taiwanese authorities had been concealing this information. If it weren't for Japan's "protest," the Taiwanese authorities might have continued to keep it a secret and never officially announced it.
Additionally, Japan is also observing whether the PLA's live-fire drills this time will also hit Japan's "exclusive economic zone" as they did last time. Because this situation is different from the previous one. From Japan's perspective, Takahashi Hayana's "Taiwan incident" theory in early November remains a major factor triggering this year's "Justice Mission-2025" encircling exercises around Taiwan. Her remarks about "Taiwan's affairs" in early November still keep Sino-Japanese relations tense without any signs of easing.
Eastern Theater Command "Justice Mission" military exercise
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