China has finished a three-day military exercise near Taiwan named Operation 'Joint Sword', led by the People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theatre Command.

The wargames included a large number of aircraft flying over the median line and carrier-borne fighters practicing strikes from the Pacific Ocean.

The PLA stated that the drills served as a "serious warning" to Taiwan and demonstrated China's joint combat system. According to the PLA, the exercise thoroughly tested the army's multiservice integrated joint combat capability under realistic combat conditions.

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