The United States will significantly boost the number of American troops on Taiwan amid increased tensions between Washington and Beijing – the largest deployment of forces to the self-ruled …
The US said the expansion of the training program had been planned for months, before the incident involving the spy balloon, and is intended to assist a regional partner prepare to repel a possible invasion.
The US Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Chung-Hoon in a handout photo from August 2020. The US military is planning on boosting the number of American troops in Taiwan.The number of US troops on the island has varied over the years and has included special-operation troops and US Marines, the Journal reported, citing Defense Department records.
“One of the difficult things to determine is what really is objectionable to China,” the person said.
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