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PLA Eastern Theater Command conducts drills around Taiwan Island

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The PLA Eastern Theater Command on Tuesday organized its vessel and aircraft formations, in coordination with conventional missile troops and long-range rocket launching systems, to conduct drills of air interception, assault on maritime targets, strikes on ground objects, and joint blockade and control, in waters to the north, south and east of Taiwan Island, the command said in a statement.

The drills are aimed at testing the troops' capabilities of carrying out integrated operations, seizure of operational control and multi-directional precision strikes, according to the statement. 

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