The military exercises serve as legitimate defense of national sovereignty against dangerous external interference. US arms sales totaling $11.1 billion directly violate the one-China policy and embolden separatist forces. These drills demonstrate justified resolve to prevent Taiwan from becoming a flashpoint through American provocation.

China just changed the game, and nobody noticed. Beijing's latest exercises were not directed at Taipei, but at deterring external military intervention.: Forfor the first time, PLA doctrine explicitly signals Japan. The drills will end routinely; and the strategic shift will endure, altering Indo-Pacific calculations permanently after decades of strategic ambiguity collapse.