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The People's Liberation Army continued its interservice exercise, named "Justice Mission 2025", near Taiwan Island for the second consecutive day on Tuesday, according to the PLA Eastern Theater Command.
周二，中国人民解放军东部战区消息，解放军代号为 “正义使命 - 2025” 的军种间联合演习在台岛周边海域持续进行，演习已进入第二天。

Starting early in the morning, destroyers, frigates, fighters and bombers sent by the command conducted drills involving identification, warning and expulsion, strikes on hostile vessels, fleet air defense, and anti-submarine warfare from air and in the waters to the north and south of Taiwan. 

当天清晨起，东部战区出动驱逐舰、护卫舰、歼击机、轰炸机等兵力，在台岛南北两侧海空域开展识别查证、警告驱离、对海突击、编队防空、海空联合反潜等课目演练。

During the exercise, H-6K bombers simulated precision strikes against designated targets in Taiwan. The operation was intended to test the units' capability of joint operations and regional blockade, the Eastern Theater Command said. 

东部战区表示，演习期间，轰 - 6K 轰炸机对台岛指定目标实施了模拟精确打击，此次行动旨在检验部队联合作战和区域封锁能力。

On Tuesday afternoon, a flotilla sent by the PLA Southern Theater Command and led by an amphibious assault ship worked with destroyers, frigates and drones of the Eastern Theater Command to conduct drills including rapid landing and the seizure of key ports in the waters to the east of Taiwan. 

周二下午，解放军南部战区派出一支以两栖攻击舰为核心的舰艇编队，与东部战区驱逐舰、护卫舰及无人机部队协同配合，在台岛以东海域开展快速登陆、夺取关键港口等课目演练。

On the ground, two units equipped with long-range rocket systems executed live-fire drills, covering the waters to the north and south of Taiwan. 

地面部队方面，两支远程火箭炮部队在台岛南北方向海域同步开展实弹射击演练。

All these operations achieved desired effects, according to the Eastern Theater Command. 

东部战区称，各项演练行动均达到预期效果。

Zhang Chi, a professor at the PLA National Defense University, said that some "Taiwan independence" separatists have the delusive belief that the PLA will never dare to strike Taiwan, but the fact is the PLA has just been mindful of the ties between Chinese mainland and Taiwan compatrio