Adm. Philip Davidson testified last year on the possibility of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan before the end of the decade.
it requires to maintain a credible self-defense capability."Our defense relationship with Taiwan continues to be commensurate with the threat we assess it faces from the PRC," the State Department toldPart of this, Davidson confirmed, involves training for Taiwan's armed forces and oversight of the island's annual Han Kuang war games.
U.S. defense planners believe the acquisition of cheaper and more mobile weapons systems, like the ones Ukraine is using to great effect against Russia, could help impose a higher cost on Chinese forces during a conflict by turning Taiwan into a"porcupine." "You can't solely have systems that have utility after the attack begins. You have to have some capability that causes the political leadership of your potential adversary pause," he said."You want to see the array of capabilities in the battlespace...that would prevent that potential adversary from actually going in the first place."
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