Taiwan Drills Military as Concerns over China Grow

 Newsmax.com  "The F-16 screeched across the sky Wednesday before landing on a highway cut through pineapple fields in southwestern Taiwan to refuel quickly and take off again.

"The Taiwanese military exercise envisioned a Chinese attack taking out the island's main airfields, necessitating the use of rural roads as runways to carry on the fight.

"War is not imminent, but as China has grown increasingly assertive in both the East China and South China Seas, Taiwan is stepping up its defense. Across the region, the United States and its allies are deepening military cooperation and strategizing over an effective response.". . Read more: . . . 

The threat of China invading Taiwan is growing every day. What the U.S. can do to stop it. (nbcnews.com)

By Lee Hsi-min, chief of the general staff of the Republic of China (Taiwan) armed forces from 2017 to 2019, and Eric Lee, research associate at the Project 2049 Institute

..."The threat of Chinese military aggression is no longer hypothetical; gray zone operations have already begun. Should the Communist Party’s aggression continue to escalate, an all-out attack on Taiwan could become likely, with economic and military consequences that would shake the world. The question is not whether the United States should defend Taiwan during war but how to prevent war in the first place. Now is the time to strengthen U.S.-Taiwan security cooperation to ensure peace in the Taiwan Strait." 

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