PLA ‘Justice Mission 2025’ Drills Signal Blockade-Rehearsal Posture, Followed by Normalized Pressure in Early 2026
Source reporting describes late-December 2025 PLA exercises around Taiwan as a large-scale rehearsal of blockade-like operations, including dense air and maritime activity and live-fire near the contiguous zone. Into early 2026, activity reportedly shifted toward normalized coercion, with lower ADIZ sortie levels but continued coast guard pressure near outlying islands.