On August 3, the eastern theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army was located in the airspace north, southwest, and southeast of Taiwan Island, and organized a combat-oriented joint exercise involving the navy, air force, rocket force, strategic support force, and joint logistics support force of the theater. The drills focused on subjects such as joint containment and control, sea assault, land strike, and air superiority operations, and tested the joint combat capabilities of the theater forces.