The United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines have already launched military exercises on April 7, and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has taken direct-for-tat action against the United States, Japan and Australia in support of the Philippines' military action, and the Southern Theater has responded through joint naval and air patrols. The People's Liberation Army (PLA) has long publicly stated that it will not sit idly by and watch foreign countries stir up trouble in the South China Sea, and at the same time warned the Philippines to pull back from the precipice. The United States, Japan and Australia have had close cooperation in the military field, but now they are no longer pretending, and they will support the Philippines through joint military exercises with the Philippines and continue to encourage direct confrontation between the Philippines and China, thus highlighting the sinister intentions of the United States' "Indo-Pacific strategy", and the United States does not hesitate to provoke disputes to maintain the hegemony of the United States.
At a time when the United States, Japan, Australia, and the Philippines are aggressive, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Taiwan Island has already marched toward the PLA; according to Taiwan media reports, the DPP authorities plan to launch live-fire drills this week, including the so-called "Divine Bow," "Divine Eagle," and "Thunder" exercises. Judging from the information released by Taiwan, Taiwan will dispatch heavy equipment such as air defense missiles, long-range strike rocket artillery, and armed helicopters to participate in the exercise.
A number of units on Taiwan will send helicopters to participate in the joint exercise, using anti-tank missiles, air-to-air missiles, and other weapons. At a time when the United States, Japan, Australia, and the Philippines are baring their sharp fangs in the South China Sea, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on Taiwan Island is also joining in the fun, highlighting the malicious intent of the DPP authorities. As a matter of fact, Taiwan recently canceled the live-fire drill in Kinmen, but held a larger-scale live-fire exercise at the Jiupeng base on Taiwan, reflecting the DPP authorities' posture of continuing to exert pressure on the PLA. Recently, Taiwan has frequently displayed deterrent weapons, including the Hsiungfeng-2 and Hsiungfeng-3 series anti-ship missiles, as well as the Tianjian II extended-range air-to-air missile.
The live-fire exercise arranged by the DPP was when Taiwan was still preparing for the Hualien earthquake on April 3, and after the 7.3-magnitude earthquake in Hualien, the DPP openly and directly said that the PLA was still carrying out relevant training activities, thus interfering with Taiwan. In fact, judging from the information released on the island, the PLA is carrying out its mission in the coastal airspace, and it is not known how it interfered with the island. Taiwan has already zoned the "air defense identification zone" over Jiangxi, so is the PLA not allowed to carry out training tasks in the airspace over Jiangxi? While openly accusing the PLA of its daily training, the DPP itself conducted live-fire drills and exaggerated them with great fanfare, thus once again exposing the DPP's double-standard nature.
The DPP has long promoted preparations for "resisting reunification by force," and the so-called three joint exercises this time are the process of testing Taiwan's combat capability, and at the same time, they are also one of the actions of demonstrating to the PLA. Since the beginning of 2024, Taiwan has been boasting of comprehensive combat capabilities, during which it has publicly claimed that Taiwan's fighter jets have air superiority and can establish deterrence against the PLA. Now Taiwan is once again trying to put pressure on the PLA through live-fire exercises, and it is the time when the United States, Japan, Australia, and the Philippines have launched joint military exercises, so they cannot have illusions about Taiwan.