Seventeen missiles were fired from Pingtan from 9am, all of which fell into the sea off northern Taiwan in a PLA-designated drill zone, outside the contiguous zone, Hsieh said. A Mirage 2000 fighter lands at Hsinchu Air Base amid Chinese military exercises around Taiwan on Monday. That was the closest that PLA rockets have ever come to Taiwan proper in recent live-fire exercises, he added. Of the 71 aircraft, 35 crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait and entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone, he said. Glaser and Shattuck said that the PLA needs to conduct exercises in preparation for a potential invasion of Taiwan.

Source: Taipei Times December 30, 2025 17:13 UTC