Justice Mission 2025:
China’s military moved army, naval, air force, and artillery units around Taiwan recently for its “Justice Mission 2025” drills.
- It is a large-scale inter-service military exercise by China around Taiwan.
- It involves coordinated ground, air, navy, and missile units.
- The activities focussed on “sea-air combat readiness patrol, joint seizure of comprehensive superiority, blockade on key ports and areas, as well as all-dimensional deterrence outside the island chain.
- The drills aim to test joint combat capabilities and serve as a warning against “Taiwan independence” and external interference, asserting China’s sovereignty over the island.
- Beijing claims Taiwan as part of its sovereign territory and has refused to rule out using military action to seize the island democracy.
- The exercise follows large-scale arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than USD 10 billion by the United States, Taiwan’s main security backer.
