The House China Select Committee this week will be war-gaming a scenario in which China invades Taiwan. This will allow bipartisan members of Congress to walk through the potential challenges and id…
In recent months, growing tensions in the Taiwan Strait as well as the rapid and coordinated Group of Seven (G7) economic response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have raised questions—in G7 capitals and in Beijing alike—over whether similar measures could be imposed on China in a Taiwan...
Historically, the fact of having a nuclear weapon is enough of a deterrent to prevent invasion. I was a nuclear engineer in the USN on submarines. Having the weapons grade material (either plutonium or Uranium enriched to a high percentag...
Could China be ready for this scenario by 2027? Probably not. It would most likely take until 2035 to build enough sealift to transport the invasion force. China would also be smart to build more sealift than it needs, as each ship will have to make multiple trips to and from the ...
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. ...
He was eagerly awaited, as there are many rivalries and disagreements to be resolved: the war in Ukraine, the threat of invasion in Taiwan, tensions in the South China Sea and economic issues. But for Washington, adding the subject of the balloon to this list – which in another context ...
The 2018 exercise involved an easier scenario in the South China Sea where the service fielded a force similar to the one it operates today; but it lost the game in record time. The following year, during a Taiwan invasion scenario, the Air Force experimented with two different teams of air...
Is this scenario, win or lose, something that could justify the use of nuclear weapons? Part VI: A War Unlike Any Other SOPA Images//Getty Images Taiwanese tanks and mechanized infantry forces during an exercise, 2019. A war between China and Taiwan would be enormously destructive, and ...
A limited conflict, where China has relative advantages of concentrating force near Taiwan, is also the most likely scenario to end in a Chinese victory over Taiwan and a corresponding defeat of the US and its allies. If China, as a consequence of battle, thereby displaces the US as the ...