China’s People’s Liberation Army launched dozens of missiles during the "Justice Mission 2025" drills rehearsing a blockade of Taiwan between 4:16 a.m. and 7:15 a.m. UTC on December 31, 2025, according to a post by AZ_Intel_ on X. The missile launches occurred amid the ongoing second day of the PLA Eastern Theater Command’s exercises around Taiwan Island, which began on December 30 and involved destroyers, frigates, fighters, bombers, and ground units north, south, and east of Taiwan to test joint capabilities, as stated by the PLA Eastern Theater Command. Taiwan’s 333rd Mechanized Infantry Brigade conducted nighttime “imminent-combat training” earlier on December 31 in response to the drills, according to a post by Taiwan Monitor on X between 2:16 a.m. and 4:16 a.m. UTC. A post by someplaosint on X during the prior period summarized PLA Navy shipbuilding commissions for 2025, including one 003 aircraft carrier, one 075 landing helicopter dock, one 055 destroyer, seven 052D destroyers, four 054A frigates, and two 054B frigates, totaling 213,000 metric tons displacement and 752 vertical launch system cells.
