PLA conducts joint combat-readiness security patrol and joint firepower striking exercise around Taiwan Island

BEIJING, Dec. 25 — On December 25, the PLA Jap Theater Command carried out the joint combat-readiness safety patrol and joint firepower placing train involving troops of a number of companies and arms within the waters and airspace across the Taiwan Island, stated Military Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesperson for the PLA Jap Theater Command (ETC), on Sunday.

The spokesperson identified that it is a agency response to the present escalation of provocations by the US in collusion with the Taiwan authorities. He careworn that the troops of the PLA ETC will take all mandatory measures to resolutely safeguard nationwide sovereignty and territorial integrity.