China’s Taiwan Drills Raise Questions Over Strategy to Exhaust Island’s Air Defences

China’s Taiwan Drills Raise Questions Over Strategy to Exhaust Island’s Air Defences

  • December 31, 2025

China’s latest military drills around Taiwan are being closely analysed by regional security watchers, with growing attention on whether Beijing is experimenting with low cost methods to gradually weaken the island’s air defence capabilities. The two day live fire exercise, named Justice Mission

PLA Conducts Taiwan Drills as China Expands Record Scale Air Power Capabilities

PLA Conducts Taiwan Drills as China Expands Record Scale Air Power Capabilities

  • December 29, 2025

China’s military has carried out new drills around Taiwan while simultaneously expanding what analysts describe as a record scale airborne force posture, underscoring Beijing’s growing emphasis on sustained air power and rapid response capability in a potential cross strait crisis. The exercises, conducted