On the morning of Monday, October 14, China launched fresh military exercises with fighter jets and warships around Taiwan. The island said that it had dispatched "appropriate forces" in response. Taiwan's Ministry of Defense announced a state of "heightened alert" on its outlying islands. The aim of the exercises, dubbed "Joint Sword-2024B," was to "test the integrated joint operation capabilities" of the troops, the Chinese Ministry of Defense said on Monday morning.

Taiwan detected 125 Chinese aircraft, including fighter jets and drones from early morning to late afternoon, a defense ministry official said, describing it as a record for a single day. Seventeen warships were also spotted.