Taiwan, The drills and Chinese invasion
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Taiwan's newly acquired HIMARS and Abrams tanks would raise the costs of a Chinese amphibious landing, a defense analyst says.
Taiwan took delivery last year of the first 11 of 29 HIMARS units, testing them for the first time in May. With a range of about 300 km, the weapons could strike coastal targets in China's southern province of Fujian on the other side of the Taiwan Strait.
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Responsible Statecraft on MSNThe 8-point buzzsaw facing any invasion of TaiwanWithin that framework, a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan has become the scenario most often cited as the likeliest flashpoint for a military confrontation between the two superpowers. In Washington,
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The National Interest on MSNTaiwan Launches War Games Featuring New US TanksTaiwan debuted its new US-supplied M1A2T Abrams tanks in live-fire drills, showcasing advanced capabilities aimed at deterring a Chinese invasion and enhancing US-Taiwan military cooperation.
With Beijing likely to rely on asymmetric capabilities rather than landing soldiers to invade, America can help siege-proof the island democracy.
Gen. Ronald Clark, the commander of U.S. Army Pacific, said a recent symposium that the chances are slim that Chinese forces could successfully mount a strait crossing on the scale needed to invade Taiwan.
Australia must prepare. China attacking Taiwan is not inevitable, but if it happens, it will become a wide-ranging Indo-Pacific conflict.
Beijing has declared Taiwan as an "inalienable" part of China, whereas Taipei has long asserted its independence.
DRAMATIC footage captures a fleet of Chinese tank boats charging through the sea in tight formation during military drills near Taiwan. The show of force by the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)