there is doctrinal evidence that the People’s Liberation Army has long been planning for this kind of operation. In a more kinetic scenario, a blockade could involve heavy conventional strikes on Taiwan’s military bases, ports,
Scenario No. 2: Taiwan Invasion JONATHAN NACKSTRAND//Getty Images The MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor, combining speed and range with the ability to carry more than a dozen Marines and equipment, would be an invaluable asset in a war in the South China Sea. China believes Taiwan, a self-gove...
Russia's invasion of Ukraine sparked a concern that China would be emboldened by the action and invade Taiwan. That has led to the US government's contingency planning and "war-gaming" to plan out such a scenario. One scenario that has been suggested is a plan to evacuate the island...
“If I’m not on Taiwan, that weapon is basically useless,” Dougherty said. The CNAS expert has confidence that the MLR can be effective but he thinks the unit needs a longer ranging weapon than the NSM for this kind of scenario. And in every scenario, once the conflict stars ther...
financial flows, not including foreign reserve assets, would be put at immediate risk of disruption. This is nearly equivalent to the gross domestic product of the United Kingdom in 2022. Impacts of this scale make them politically difficult outside of an invasion of Taiwan or wartime scenario....
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China's message to Taiwan:JOHN CULVER: "I don't think we saw anything near the scale of what we'd see in the event of a real military assault on Taiwan, even a blockade scenario, let alone an invasion. Because if China were really going to finally drop everything a...
Another senior Taiwan official told Reuters the drills were part of a scenario Taiwan had anticipated. China's military said the drills focused on joint sea-air combat-readiness patrols, precision strikes on key targets, and integrated operations inside and outside the island chain to test the "...
Some observers argue that Beijing is already using thesalami-slicing method in the South China Sea, taking assertive steps that are not provocative enough to prompt a forceful reaction. In a Taiwan scenario, the PLA could opt for aphased invasiondivided into three stages, using the time between...