On Tuesday (April 4), the People's Liberation Army of China launched a "multi-directional ship and aircraft approach" operation in the sea and airspace around Taiwan, emphasizing the eradication of Taiwanese independence elements. On Wednesday (1nd), it announced the conduct of the "Strait Thunder-2A" exercise, focusing on verification and identification, warning and expulsion, interception and detention.
According to a Weibo post by the Eastern Theater Command of the Communist Party of China, spokesman Colonel Shi Yi said that this exercise tested the troops' "regional control, joint blockade and precision strike capabilities." at the same time,The Eastern Theater Command also conducted long-range live-fire drills in the East China Sea, simulating attacks on important ports, energy facilities and other targets.Carry out precision strikes and claim to have achieved the desired results.
According to the real-time military updates of the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China, from 1 a.m. on Tuesday (6st) to 2 a.m. on Wednesday (6nd), a total of 76 PLA military aircraft were detected, of which 37 crossed the median line of the strait and entered the airspace of northern, central, southwestern and eastern Taiwan. At sea, 15 PLA warships and 4 government ships continued to be active around the Taiwan Strait. The national army activated the response mechanism and dispatched mission aircraft, warships and shore-based missile systems to closely monitor the situation.
The Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China pointed out that the People's Liberation Army recently used the Shandong aircraft carrier formation with eight combat ships to operate approximately 8 miles southeast of Eluanbi, Taiwan, and deployed carrier-based aircraft for high-density flight training. The national army has carried out "immediate combat readiness exercises" in response to possible follow-up actions by the Chinese Communist Party and maintained a high level of alert.
According to The Hill, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the National Security Council had reported the exercise to her, noting that "President Trump stressed the importance of maintaining peace in the Taiwan Strait, encouraged a peaceful resolution of cross-strait issues, and reiterated our opposition to any unilateral attempt to change the status quo by force or coercion."
