Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense reported 27 live-fire rocket impacts in waters near Taiwan, 71 People’s Liberation Army Air Force sorties with 35 crossing the Taiwan Strait median line, 17 People’s Liberation Army Navy vessels, and 15 China Coast Guard vessels by 15:00 local time on Day 2 of the PLA’s “Justice Mission 2025” joint exercise, according to an X post by @TaiwanMonitor published over the past hour citing the ministry’s press conference this morning. The @TaiwanMonitor post included an operational map visualizing estimated positions of the China Coast Guard and PLAN vessels detected around Taiwan during Day 2 of the exercise, with all data sourced from Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense press conference. In a separate statement over the past hour, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian accused Japan of failing to express remorse for its historical aggression against China and publicly challenging China’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, the historical verdict of World War II, and the post-war international order, calling it unacceptable to countries that love peace.
