China's People's Liberation Army has not announced the conclusion of its "Justice Mission 2025" exercises around Taiwan over the past 90 minutes as of 8:16 p.m. UTC on December 30, despite the expiration of navigation warning zones, according to an X post by @TaiwanMonitor. Taiwan's forces deployed HF-2/3 anti-ship missiles at a port in Hualien during the ongoing drills, as shown in a Facebook photo shared by X user @stoa1984, who noted that criticism of their vulnerability is misplaced since mobile units routinely change locations. Taiwan's Armed Forces follow contingency protocols for air alerts, using the Airborne Threat Warning System for mobile notifications when rockets or missiles enter territorial airspace, with air raid sirens authorized if impacts threaten Taiwan or Penghu, according to an X post by @JaimeOcon1 citing official statements. Taiwan plans to procure 1,600 uncrewed naval attack boats, as reported in a December 29 article from The Defense Post and shared by X user @WarintheFuture during this period. This follows Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian's morning statement on December 30 describing the exercises as punishment for "Taiwan independence" forces, and Taiwan's report of 27 long-range rocket impacts earlier that day, per prior updates from @TaiwanMonitor.
