PLA drills around Taiwan achieve designated results

The two-day joint exercises launched by the People's Liberation Army around the island of Taiwan, involving an aircraft carrier group, concluded on Wednesday evening, and experts said the exercises aimed to cut off resource import lines, escape routes and external support lines of "Taiwan independence" separatist forces.

The PLA conducted joint drills and training in waters to the north, south and east of Taiwan Island on Tuesday, involving ground, air, naval and rocket forces, and carried out the "Strait Thunder-2025A" exercise on Wednesday, according to Senior Colonel Shi Yi, spokesman for the PLA's Eastern Theater Command.

The command successfully completed all tasks of the joint training, thoroughly testing the integrated joint combat capabilities of the troops, he said.