SpaceWar.com reports: “China announced ‘major’ military exercises around Taiwan on Monday, saying it would conduct live-fire drills the following day across five zones in waters and airspace near the island.

Beijing claims self-governed Taiwan as part of its sovereign territory and has refused to rule out using military action to seize the island democracy.

The latest show of force follows a bumper round of arms sales to Taipei by the United States, Taiwan’s main security backer.

From Monday, China will send army, navy, air force and rocket force troops to conduct ‘major military drills’ code-named ‘Justice Mission 2025’, said Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesman for the People’s Liberation Army’s Eastern Theater Command.

The activities will focus 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’, Shi said…”