PLA Eastern Theater Command Conducts Live Fire Training on Maritime Targets to the North and Southwest of Taiwan Island

On December 29, the PLA Eastern Theater Command is employing destroyers, frigates, fighters, bombers and unmanned aerial vehicles in coordination with long-range rocket fires to conduct training in the waters and airspace to the north and southwest of the Taiwan Strait. The training focuses on subjects of hunting and neutralizing targets in waters and airspace, simulated strikes on ground targets, and live firing against targets in waters. The drills intend to test the troops' capabilities of integrated coordination and seizure of dominance.