NANJING / BEIJING - The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command has successfully completed all designated tasks of the joint exercises carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday, said a spokesperson for the theater command.

Senior Colonel Shi Yi said the drills tested the troops' integrated joint operation capabilities.

The troops of the theater command remain on high alert at all times, and will continue to strengthen combat readiness with intensive training to resolutely thwart all separatist activities seeking "Taiwan independence," said the spokesperson.

A spokesperson for China's Ministry of National Defense said that the latest multi-subject drills conducted in waters around the Taiwan Island are completely legitimate, necessary and reasonable. 

The PLA Eastern Theater Command on Wednesday conducted military exercises code-named "Strait Thunder-2025A" in the middle and southern areas of the Taiwan Strait.

The exercises focused on subjects of identification and verification, warning and expulsion, and interception and detention to test the troops' capabilities of area regulation and control, joint blockade and control, and precision strikes on key targets, according to Colonel Shi.

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The PLA Eastern Theater Command ground force conducted long-range live-fire drills in waters of the East China Sea according to the "Strait Thunder-2025A" exercise training plans.

The drills involve precision strikes on simulated targets of key ports and energy facilities, and have achieved desired effects, said the spokesperson.

The Shandong aircraft carrier task group was deployed to simulate strikes on ground and maritime targets in areas to the east of Taiwan Island, said the spokesperson.

In coordination with naval and air units, the Shandong aircraft carrier task group conducted drills focusing on vessel-aircraft coordination, seizure of area air superiority, and strike on ground and maritime targets, said Colonel Shi.

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The drills were aimed at evaluating the troops' capabilities of integrated operations inside and outside the island chain, multi-dimensional blockade and control, and joint operations of multiple services, added the spokesperson.