THE Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has accomplished all tasks in the combat readiness patrol and military exercises carried out from Saturday to Monday around the island of Taiwan.

The operations have comprehensively tested the integrated joint combat capability of the PLA’s multiple services and arms under actual combat conditions. Upon the order to launch the operations, multiple task forces of the command, involving the army, navy, air, and rocket forces, were quickly mobilized and assembled to the designated areas for combat deployment, creating an omni-directional deterrence situation around the island.

The air force under the command deployed dozens of J-16 and J-10C fighter jets mounted with live ammunition to carry out multiple waves of strikes on mid- and long-range air targets with the guidance and support of early warning aircraft, jammers and tankers.

Multiple destroyers and frigates from the theater command’s naval force created deterrence by advancing on the waters around the island of Taiwan at high speed. (Xinhua)