Following the visit to Taiwan of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the People’s Liberation Army of China (PLA) began an exercise in which real missiles and bullets were used at six points closest to Taiwan. The Taiwan Ministry of Defense said in a statement, “The Chinese People’s Liberation Army launched a large number of Dongfeng ballistic missiles into our territorial waters in the northeast and southwest at 13:56 local time. As our defense systems were activated, we monitored the situation with various means. We condemn such unreasonable actions that jeopardize regional peace.”

According to a statement issued by the China Eastern Operational Area Command, long-range missiles were fired using real ammunition, and targets in eastern Taiwan were successfully hit by launching various types of conventional missiles. According to Chinese state media, various types of missiles, including Dongfeng-17 medium-range hypersonic missiles and Dongfeng-11 short-range ballistic missiles, will be used during the exercises, which will last until July 7.