Taiwan's military established a response center, deployed appropriate forces, and carried out a rapid response exercise over the past hour, while the coast guard immediately deployed large vessels to pre-position responses in relevant areas and sent additional support units, amid China's Justice Mission 2025 drills, according to an Osint613 post on X between 11:45 a.m. and 12:46 p.m. UTC on December 29, 2025. China released a video titled “Clearly Visible” for the exercise, featuring satellite imagery of Taiwan’s military installations. The military and coast guard actions respond to ongoing People's Liberation Army aircraft and naval activity around the island, as stated in the Osint613 post citing official statements during this one-hour period. These developments follow Taiwan's Ministry of Transportation estimate earlier today that over 100,000 international passengers and 6,000 domestic passengers were impacted by flight diversions due to the drills, according to AJENews citing the ministry between 11:15 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. UTC. Taiwan's Republic of China Armed Forces had previously conducted rapid response exercises and maintained high alert with joint operations, per a Ministry of National Defense post on X in the prior period. Earlier actions included Taiwan Navy deployment of HF-3 anti-ship missiles to the Hengchun Peninsula, as reported by Liberty Times via TaiwansDefense on X up to 11:15 a.m. UTC, and China's Coast Guard release of images of patrol vessels around Taiwan, Wuqiu, and Mazu, according to TaiwanMonitor on X before 10:46 a.m. UTC.
