The People's Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command released the first published footage of live-fire drills east of Taiwan as part of Justice Mission 2025, showing a graphic on a PLAN vessel reading "Complete unification of the Motherland - It must be achieved, and it will be achieved," in the 29 minutes ending at 4:45 a.m. UTC on December 29, 2025, according to TaiwanMonitor on X. China's Maritime Safety Administration issued two additional warning zones around Taiwan for Exercise Justice Mission 2025, depicted by black lines on a map that nearly cover the Taiwan Strait, as stated by Global_Mil_Info on X during the reporting window. Taiwan elevated its readiness posture and placed relevant military units on high alert in response, per the same post. Chinese state media published a map compiling prior joint exercise zones around Taiwan, with yellow for the 2022 Pelosi visit exercises, red for Joint Sword-2024A, and teal for today's Justice Mission 2025, according to TaiwanMonitor on X in this period. This follows the PLA Eastern Theater Command's release of initial live-fire footage and the same two warning zones in the prior 29 minutes ending at 4:15 a.m. UTC, as reported previously, building on Senior Colonel Shi Yi's December 29 announcement of joint drills by PLA Army, Navy, Air Force, and Rocket Force around Taiwan.
