@TaiwanMonitor published an operational map on X visualizing the estimated positions of China Coast Guard and People's Liberation Army Navy vessels detected around Taiwan on the first day of the "Justice Mission 2025" joint PLA exercise, using data from Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense press conference this morning, posted between 5:17 p.m. and 6:46 p.m. UTC on December 29, 2025. The map provides a graphical representation of vessel locations during the ongoing exercise, as stated by @TaiwanMonitor, drawing directly from Taiwan's MND data released earlier today. This update follows Taiwan's MND report of 89 Chinese aircraft and 28 naval vessels around Taiwan on December 29, which led Taiwan to establish a response center and deploy forces, according to statements cited by @TaiwanMonitor and other sources earlier in the day. Previous developments in the exercise over the past few hours included PLA Eastern Theater Command's "Correct Mission-2025" activities, drone footage of Taipei 101 shared by PLA accounts captioned 'So close, so beautiful, go to Taipei at any time,' and positioning of rocket artillery units from Fujian Province, as reported by @ChinaMilBugle, @JosephWen___, and @sugar_wsnbn on X.
