東部戰區新聞發言人李熹海軍大校表示，10月14日，中國人民解放軍東部戰區組織戰區陸軍、海軍、空軍、火箭軍等兵力，位臺灣海峽、臺島北部、臺島南部、臺島以東，開展“聯合利劍-2024B”演習，艦機多向抵近臺島，諸軍兵種聯合突擊，重點演練海空戰備警巡、要港要域封控、對海對陸打擊、奪取綜合制權等科目，檢驗戰區部隊聯合作戰實戰能力。這是對“台獨”分裂勢力謀“獨”行徑的強力震懾，是捍衛國家主權、維護國家統一的正當必要行動。

Senior Captain Li Xi, spokesperson of the PLA Eastern Theater Command: On October 14, the PLA Eastern Theater Command is dispatching its troops of army, navy, air force and rocket force to conduct joint military drills code-named “Joint Sword-2024B” in the Taiwan Strait and areas to the north, south and east of Taiwan Island. With vessels and aircraft approaching Taiwan Island in close proximity from different directions, troops of multiple services engage in joint drills, focusing on subjects of sea-air combat-readiness patrol, blockade on key ports and areas, assault on maritime and ground targets, as well as joint seizure of comprehensive superiority, so as to test the joint operations capabilities of the theater command’s troops. The drill also serves as a stern warning to the separatist acts of “Taiwan Independence” forces. It is a legitimate and necessary operation for safeguarding state sovereignty and national unity.